Description
This two-day course is offered in a collaboration between Aalborg University and the Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), Cardiff University, UK – a Public Health Research Centre of Excellence.
The British Medical Research Council’s (MRC) framework for development and evaluation of complex interventions are increasingly used world-wide to improve the quality of interventions in public health and applied health sciences.
This course will introduce participants to the 2021 MRC framework, the role of program theory in intervention research and some of the guidance underlying the overall 2021 MRC framework: the 2020 guidance on adaption of interventions to other contexts (ADAPT) and the 2015 guidance on Process evaluation.
In intervention research, most attention are often given to the theoretical and methodological issues of intervention development and to the design of appropriate effect evaluation, often by use of randomised controlled trials.
Understanding change mechanisms and knowing when and how to adapt an evidence-based intervention instead of starting a new development process is however an highly important aspects of work with complex interventions. And also process evaluation is an essential part of testing and evaluation of complex interventions, allowing researchers to learn the significance of context and mechanisms of impact - how the delivered interventions do (or doesn’t) bring about change.
· The course will provide the participants with a working knowledge of the theory and practice of adaption and process
evaluation of interventions in complex systems, focusing on:
· Program theory and logic modelling in interventions in complex systems
· The concept of adaption and key issues in adaption processes
· Stakeholder involvement and other key elements in the 2021 MRC framework
· The role of process evaluation in understanding interventions in complex systems
· Evaluation questions and process evaluation methods
· Analysis and dissemination of process evaluation data
During the course, lectures will be mixed with group work and discussions
Literature
Selected international, scientific papers as well as book chapters
Evaluation
Active participation and completion of course exercises
Organizer: Associate professor Charlotte Overgaard; e-mail: co@hst.aau.dk
Lecturers: Senior Lecturer, Dr. Rhiannon Evans, Research Associate, Dr. Rachael Brown, Associate professor,
Dr. Kirsten Schultz Petersen, Associate professor, Dr. Charlotte Overgaard
ECTS: 2.0
Dates: 7 - 8 December 2023
21 - 22 November 2023
Deadline: 31 October 2023
Place: Aalborg University.
Program: HCHPO
Important information concerning PhD courses:
We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.
- Teacher: Charlotte Overgaard
- Teacher: Kirsten Schultz Petersen