Complex Interventions Deserve Complex Evaluations: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Evaluation of a Preventive Personalized Medicine Intervention
| Autor: | Elise M. Garton, Serdar Savaş, Christopher Pell, Elena V. Syurina, Karien Stronks, Tomris Cesuroglu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Global Health, APH - Global Health, Public and occupational health, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, APH - Methodology, Athena Institute, Network Institute, APH - Personalized Medicine |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Turkey
Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health preventive healthcare transdisciplinary research program evaluation non-communicable diseases SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being personalized healthcare Humans realist evaluation Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Precision Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 10 (2022) Garton, E M, Savaş, S, Pell, C, Syurina, E V, Stronks, K & Cesuroglu, T 2022, ' Complex Interventions Deserve Complex Evaluations: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Evaluation of a Preventive Personalized Medicine Intervention ', Frontiers in public health, vol. 10, no. February, 793137, pp. 1-13 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.793137 Frontiers in public health, 10:793137. Frontiers Media S.A. Frontiers in public health, 10(February):793137, 1-13. Frontiers Media |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| Popis: | Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the largest cause of disability and death globally. The human and financial costs of NCDs have raised questions of sustainability for many health systems. Personalized, preventive health interventions are an innovative way to address NCDs, but it is difficult to measure their effectiveness using standard evaluation methods. This article describes a novel approach to evaluation by coupling transdisciplinary methods with realist theory to design and pilot a health outcomes evaluation for a personalized medicine approach to NCD prevention in Istanbul, Turkey. Research and practice stakeholders contributed to study design, research questions, validation of results, and recommendations through interactive workshops, consistent dialogue, and reflection. They co-created a customized outcome measurement framework and recommendations that promote sustainability and continuous improvement of future evaluations. The participatory methods helped resolve the dichotomy between patient, practitioner, and researcher focus in the evaluation and improved stakeholders' data literacy. This research contributes to the body of evidence advocating for the use of non-standard methods such as transdisciplinary research to evaluate the effectiveness of complex interventions. The results of the pilot evaluation are also presented as a case study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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