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Health And Human Services Currently Face A Series Of Challenges - Such As Aging Populations, Chronic Diseases And New Endemics - That Require Highly Complex Responses, And Take Place In Multiple Care Environments Including Acute Medicine, Chronic Care Facilities And The Community. Accordingly, Most Modern Health Care Interventions Are Now Seen As 'complex Interventions' - Activities That Contain A Number Of Component Parts With The Potential For Interactions Between Them Which, When Applied To The Intended Target Population, Produce A Range Of Possible And Variable Outcomes. This In Turn Requi Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; List Of Boxes; Contributing Authors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The Complex Interventions Framework; 2 Knowledge For Health Care Practice; 3 The Value Of Mixed Methods For Researching Complex Interventions; 4 The Critical Importance Of Patient And Public Involvement For Research Into Complex Interventions; Section 1: Developing Complex Interventions; Introduction To Section 1; 5 Systematic Reviews Of The Effects Of Interventions 6 Advanced Approaches To Evidence Synthesis And Its Application To Intervention Design7 Exploring Complexity In Systematic Reviews Of Complex Interventions; 8 The Synthesis Of Qualitative Data; 9 Building A Case For Mixed-methods Reviews; 10 Development Of Complex Interventions: Outcome Modeling; 11 Designing Interventions To Change Health-related Behaviour; 12 Modelling Process And Outcomes In Complex Interventions; Section 2: Investigating Feasibility And Undertaking Pilot Testing Of Complex Interventions; Introduction To Section 2 13 Pilot Studies And Feasibility Studies For Complex Interventions: An Introduction14 How To Use Feasibility And Pilot Trials To Test Alternative Methodologies And Methodological Procedures Prior To Full-scale Trials; 15 How To Use Feasibility Studies To Derive Parameter Estimates In Order To Power A Full Trial; 16 Addressing Issues In Recruitment And Retention Using Feasibility And Pilot Trials; 17 Testing The Waters: Piloting A Complex Intervention 18 Feasibility In Practice: Undertaking A Feasibility Study To Answer Procedural, Methodological And Clinical Questions Prior To A Full-scale Evaluationsection 3: Evaluation Of Complex Interventions; Introduction To Section 3; 19 Individually And Cluster-randomized Trials; 20 Stepped Wedge, Natural Experiments And Interrupted Time Series Analysis Designs; 21 Non-standard And Preference Designs; 22 Single-subject Designs; 23 Process Evaluation Of Complex Interventions: A Summary Of Medical Research Council Guidance; 24 Intervention Fidelity In Clinical Trials 25 Qualitative Process Evaluation For Complex Interventions26 Economic Evaluations Of Complex Interventions; Section 4: Implementation Of Complex Interventions; Introduction To Section 4; 27 Implementation Issues: Towards A Systematic And Stepwise Approach; 28 Why Do Barriers And Facilitators Matter?; 29 How To Arrive At An Implementation Plan; 30 Applying Normalization Process Theory To The Implementation Of Complex Interventions; 31 Action Research For The Implementation Of Complex Interventions; 32 Systems Modelling For Improving Health Care; 33 A Few Final Thoughts; References; Index Edited By David A. Richards And Ingalill Rahm Hallberg. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English