TY - BOOK AU - Sidani,Souraya TI - Health intervention research: understanding research design & methods SN - 9781446256176 U1 - 610.72 KW - Medicine KW - Clinical trials KW - Research Design KW - Clinical Trials as Topic KW - Medicin N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-241) and index; An overview of health intervention research -- Validity in intervention research -- Phases of intervention evaluation research -- Experimental designs or randomized controlled trials : characteristic features -- Experimental designs or randomized controlled trials : limitations -- Advances in intervention evaluation designs : extensions of experimental designs -- Advances in intervention evaluation designs : pragmatic and preference trials -- Selection of participants -- Retention of participants -- Assignment of participant to study groups -- Implementation of the intervention -- Principles of outcome measurement and analysis ER -