scholarly journals Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Armstrong ◽  
E. Waters ◽  
L. Moore ◽  
E. Riggs ◽  
L. G. Cuervo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Health Intervention

scholarly journals Protocol for a systematic review of the use of qualitative comparative analysis for evaluative questions in public health research

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Hanckel ◽  
Mark Petticrew ◽  
James Thomas ◽  
Judith Green
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Health Intervention

Abstract Background There is an increasing recognition that health intervention research requires methods and approaches that can engage with the complexity of systems, interventions, and the relations between systems and interventions. One approach which shows promise to this end is qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), which examines casual complexity across a medium to large number of cases (between 10 and 60+), whilst also being able to generalise across those cases. Increasingly, QCA is being adopted in public health intervention research. However, there is a limited understanding of how it is being adopted. This systematic review will address this gap, examining how it is being used to understand complex causation; for what settings, populations and interventions; and with which datasets to describe cases. Methods We will include published and peer-reviewed studies of any public health intervention where the effects on population health, health equity, or intervention uptake are being evaluated. Electronic searches of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (incorporating Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index), Microsoft Academic, and Google Scholar will be performed. This will be supplemented with reference citation tracking and personal contact with experts to identify any additional published studies. Search results will be single screened, with machine learning used to check these results, acting as a ‘second screener’. Any disagreement will be resolved through discussion. Data will be extracted from full texts of eligible studies, which will be assessed against inclusion criteria, and synthesised narratively, using thematic synthesis methods. Discussion This systematic review will provide an important map of the increasing use of QCA in public health intervention literature. This review will identify the current scope of research in this area, as well as assessing claims about the utility of the method for addressing complex causation in public health research. We will identify implications for better reporting of QCA methods in public health research and for reporting of case studies such that they can be used in future QCA studies. Systematic review registration PROSPERO, CRD42019131910

The spirit of the intervention: reflections on social effectiveness in public health intervention research

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Hulvej Rod ◽  
Liselotte Ingholt ◽  
Betina Bang Sørensen ◽  
Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Social Effectiveness

The Affective Politics of Karma among Buddhist Cancer Charities in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-62
Author(s):  
Sara Swenson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Existence ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Moral Failure ◽  
Cancer Rates ◽  
Charity Work

In this article, I explore how Buddhist charity workers in Vietnam interpret rising cancer rates through understandings of karma. Rather than framing cancer as a primarily physical or medical phenomenon, volunteers state that cancer is a product of collective moral failure. Corruption in public food production is both caused by and perpetuates bad karma, which negatively impacts global existence. Conversely, charity work creates merit, which can improve collective karma and benefit all living beings. I argue that through such interpretations of karma, Buddhist volunteers understand their charity at cancer hospitals as an affective and ethical form of public health intervention.

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