Intervention research [electronic resource] : designing, conducting, analyzing, and funding

"A practical guide for success"--Cover.

This book is a practical, user-friendly guide for health care researchers across multiple disciplines who are involved in intervention research. It provides all of the essential elements needed for understanding how to design, conduct, analyze, and fund intervention studies that are replicable and can withstand the scrutiny of the Institutional Review Board and peer review.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage for intervention research : the "so what" factor / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy -- Using theory to guide intervention research / Julie Fleury and Souraya Sidani -- Nuts and bolts of designing intervention studies / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, and Shirley M. Moore -- Designing interventions that are sensitive to culture, race/ethnicity, and gender / Usha Menon -- Ethical considerations in designing intervention studies / Donal P. O'Mathuna -- Minimizing threats to internal validity / Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob -- Minimizing threats to external validity / Wanda K. Nicholson -- Measurement in intervention research / Dianne Morrison-Beedy and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk -- Biological measurement in intervention research / Donna McCarthy -- Developing the budget for intervention studies / Barbara Smith and Steven Pease -- Navigating the IRB for investigators / Amanda A. Hastings, Cheryl L. Byers, and Barry B. Bercu -- Participant recruitment and retention / Constance Visovsky and Dianne Morrison-Beedy -- Maintaining fidelity of the intervention / Ashleigh Collins, Nicole Colwell, and Sandee McClowry --

Study implementation : an example using the Madres Para la Salud (Mothers for Health) study / Colleen Keller and Barbara Ainsworth -- Considerations in conducting interventions in specialized settings -- Data management / Kevin E. Kip and Sharon M. Lawlor -- Analyzing intervention studies / Laura A. Szalacha -- Cost-effectiveness analyses for intervention studies / Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo and Kevin Frick -- Explaining intervention effects / Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo and Darya Bonds McClain -- Writing grants that fund! / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy -- Submitting a research grant application to the National Institutes of Health : navigating the application and peer review system / Mindy B. Tinkle -- Writing progress and final reports / Shirley M. Moore and Margaret Roudebush -- Disseminating findings of intervention studies / Marion E. Broome -- Translating evidence-based interventions into real-world practice settings / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk.

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