Judith Stephenson / John Imrie / Chris Bonnell (eds.)

Effective Sexual Health Interventions

Issues in Experimental Evaluation
Herausgeber: Stephenson, Judith; Imrie, John; Bonnell, Chtis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The growing importance of the evidence-based movement has made experimental evaluation a key issue among researchers, practitioners, commissioners and policy makers. However, experimental evaluation remains controversial in the sexual health field. This partly reflects the diversity of groups involved in this area and their different views on the most appropriate research methods. This book provides an analysis of the methodological and practical issues involved in evaluating sexual health interventions. The book will appeal to trial enthusiasts through discussion of specific issues in trial design, and also to those with a sceptical interest in the potential of experimentation and its appropriateness or feasibility. It is concerned with methodology rather than the substantive findings of research, and considers the requirements of research in both developed and developing countries. The focus of the book is on sexual health interventions, although many of the issues are equally applicable to other areas of behavioral and social research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 159mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780198508496
• ISBN-10: 0198508492
• Artikelnr.: 22170049

Autorenporträt

Stephenson, Judith / Imrie, John / Bonnell, Chris (Medical Research Fellow, Social Sciences Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London)

Inhaltsangabe

* Section 1 - To experiment or not?
* 1: Chris Bonnell, Rebecca Bennett and Ann Oakley: Sexual health
interventions should be subject to experimental evaluation
* 2: Susan Kippax: Sexual health interventions are unsuitable for
experimental evaluation
* 3: David A. Ross and Daniel Wight: The role of randomized controlled
trials in assessing sexual health interventions
* Section 2 - Methodological issues in the experimental evaluation of
sexual health interventions
* 4: Stephen Sutton: Using theories of behaviour change to develop and
evaluate sexual health interventions
* 5: Irwin Nazareth: Stages in the development and evaluation of
complex interventions
* 6: Sheila Bird: Choice of experimental design
* 7: Richard Hayes: Cluster randomized trials of sexual health
interventions
* 8: Frances M. Cowan and Mary Plummer: Biological, behavioural and
psychosocial outcome measures
* 9: Rochelle N. Shain, Sondra Perdue, Jeanna M. Piper, Alan E.C.
Holden and Jane Champion: Developing and validating complex
behavioural outcome measures
* 10: Daniel Wight and Angela Obasi: Unpacking the 'black box': the
importance of process data to explain outcomes
* Section 3 - What happens after a trial is completed?
* 11: Heiner Grosskurth and Lilani Kumaranayake: Generalizability of
trials and implementation of research into practice
* 12: Graham Hart and Jonathan Elford: The limits of generalizability:
community-based sexual health interventions among gay men
* 13: Jonathan Shepherd and Angela Harden: The value of systematic
reviews of the effectiveness of sexual health interventions
* 14: Judith Stephenson: Challenges for future sexual health
intervention trials