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 encour...

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Autores principales: Michie, Susan, Fixsen, Dean, Grimshaw, Jeremy M, Eccles, Martin P
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19607700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-40
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spelling pubmed-27179062009-07-30 Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method Michie, Susan Fixsen, Dean Grimshaw, Jeremy M Eccles, Martin P Implement Sci Editorial 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. BioMed Central 2009-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2717906/ /pubmed/19607700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-40 Text en Copyright © 2009 Michie et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title_full Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title_fullStr Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title_full_unstemmed Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title_short Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
title_sort specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19607700
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