Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method.
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.
Michie
Susan
S
Fixsen
Dean
D
Grimshaw
Jeremy M
JM
Eccles
Martin P
MP