Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
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- 16 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Implementation Science
- Vol. 4 (1) , 40
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-40
Abstract
Complex behaviour change interventions are not well described; when they are described, the terminology used is inconsistent. This constrains scientific replication, and limits the subsequent introduction of successful interventions. Implementation Science is introducing a policy of initially encouraging and subsequently requiring the scientific reporting of complex behaviour change interventions.Keywords
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