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Key Intervention Characteristics in e-Health: Steps Towards Standardized Communication
PURPOSE: This paper reports expert opinion on e-health intervention characteristics that enable effective communication of characteristics across the diverse field of e-health interventions. The paper presents a visualization tool to support communication of the defining characteristics. METHODS: An initial list of e-health intervention characteristics was developed through an iterative process of item generation and discussion among the 12 authors. The list was distributed to 123 experts in the field, who were emailed an invitation to assess and rank the items. Participants were asked to evaluate these characteristics in three separate ways. RESULTS: A total of 50 responses were received for a response rate of 40.7%. Six respondents who reported having little or no expertise in e-health research were removed from the dataset. Our results suggest that 10 specific intervention characteristics were consistently supported as of central importance by the panel of 44 e-intervention experts. The weight and perceived relevance of individual items differed between experts; oftentimes, this difference is a result of the individual theoretical perspective and/or behavioral target of interest. CONCLUSIONS: The first iteration of the visualization of salient characteristics represents an ambitious effort to develop a tool that will support communication of the defining characteristics for e-health interventions aimed to assist e-health developers and researchers to communicate the key characteristics of their interventions in a standardized manner that facilitates dialog
A community-based parent-support programme to prevent child maltreatment : Protocol for a randomised controlled trial
The prevention of child abuse and neglect is a global public health priority
due to its serious, long-lasting effects on personal, social, and economic
outcomes. The Children At Risk Model (ChARM) is a wraparound-inspired
intervention that coordinates evidence-based parenting- and home-visiting
programmes, along with community-based supports, in order to address
the multiple and complex needs of families at risk of child abuse or
neglect. This paper presents the protocol for a study that will be carried out
to evaluate this new service model (i.e. no results available as yet). The
study comprises a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial, with embedded
economic and process evaluations. The study will be conducted in two
child-welfare agencies within socially disadvantaged settings in Ireland.
Families with children aged 3-11 years who are at risk of maltreatment (n =
50) will be randomised to either the 20-week ChARM programme (n = 25)
or to standard care (n = 25) using a 1:1 allocation ratio. The primary
outcomes are incidences of child maltreatment and child behaviour and
wellbeing. Secondary outcomes include quality of parent-child
relationships, parental stress, mental health, substance use, recorded
incidences of substantiated abuse, and out-of-home placements.
Assessments will take place at pre-intervention, and at 6- and 12-month
follow-up periods. The study is the first evaluation of a wraparound-inspired
intervention, incorporating evidence-based programmes, designed to
prevent child abuse and neglect within high risk families where children are
still living in the home. The findings will offer a unique contribution to the
development, implementation and evaluation of effective interventions in
the prevention of child abuse and neglect. The trial is registered with the International Standard Randomised
Controlled Trial Number Registe
Use of SMS texts for facilitating access to online alcohol interventions: a feasibility study
A41 Use of SMS texts for facilitating access to online alcohol interventions: a feasibility study
In: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2017, 12(Suppl 1): A4
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