TY - JOUR
T1 - The case for using mixed methods for designing, implementing, and disseminating evidence-based interventions for public health practice
AU - Smith, Meredith Y.
AU - Hogan, Sandy Asari
AU - Jack, Susan M.
AU - Taylor Wilson, Robin
AU - Oremus, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - A well-recognized gap exists between findings from public health research and their use in public health practice to improve outcomes. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified implementation research as vital to improving the adaptation and dissemination of public health interventions into real-world settings. Implementation research encompasses multimethod evaluation approaches; ‘mixed methods’, the planned integration of qualitative and quantitative methods, is a key tool. We argue that mixed methods designs are crucial for design and evaluation of public health interventions, provide illustrative case studies, discuss key analytic approaches in mixed methods design, identify resources for mixed methods research and advocate for more training. On behalf of the International Network for Epidemiology in Policy (INEP), an international non-profit organization of 24 member societies that promotes the development of equitable, evidence-based health policies, we call for increased collaboration between qualitative and quantitative research teams to improve the design and evaluation of public health interventions.
AB - A well-recognized gap exists between findings from public health research and their use in public health practice to improve outcomes. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified implementation research as vital to improving the adaptation and dissemination of public health interventions into real-world settings. Implementation research encompasses multimethod evaluation approaches; ‘mixed methods’, the planned integration of qualitative and quantitative methods, is a key tool. We argue that mixed methods designs are crucial for design and evaluation of public health interventions, provide illustrative case studies, discuss key analytic approaches in mixed methods design, identify resources for mixed methods research and advocate for more training. On behalf of the International Network for Epidemiology in Policy (INEP), an international non-profit organization of 24 member societies that promotes the development of equitable, evidence-based health policies, we call for increased collaboration between qualitative and quantitative research teams to improve the design and evaluation of public health interventions.
KW - Evaluation
KW - Implementation science
KW - Mixed methods
KW - Public health
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Public Health
KW - Humans
KW - Public Health Practice
KW - Evidence-Based Medicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127452347&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35322177/
U2 - 10.1057/s41271-022-00343-z
DO - 10.1057/s41271-022-00343-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35322177
SN - 0197-5897
VL - 43
SP - 292
EP - 303
JO - Journal of Public Health Policy
JF - Journal of Public Health Policy
IS - 2
ER -