Background There is a growing need for methods that acknowledge and successfully capture the dynamic interaction between context and implementation of complex …
Background The need for better methods for evaluation in health research has been widely recognised. The 'complexity turn'has drawn attention to the limitations of relying on causal …
Population health intervention research (PHIR) seeks to develop and evaluate policies, programmes and other types of interventions that may affect population health and health …
A Shiell, P Hawe, S Kavanagh - Social science & medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
In the 21 years since social capital first appeared in the public health literature, the evidence base has grown enormously, now reaching 28 systematic reviews encompassing more than …
Background The social meanings, settings and habitual nature of health‐related activities and their integration into our daily lives are often overlooked in quantitative public health …
'We know what we have to do, but we don't know how to do it'has been a recurring comment among global health actors for a long time. In 2010, for example, the United Nations affirmed …
Systematic review teams and guideline development groups face considerable challenges when considering context within the evidence production process. Many complex …
Science is a social enterprise. Many scientific programs interact with a wide range of communities and stakeholders to secure various types of access and permission, to seek …
L Cambon, P Terral, F Alla - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Population health intervention research raises major conceptual and methodological issues. These require us to clarify what an intervention is and how best to …