Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance

Abstract

Evaluating complex interventions is complicated. The Medical Research Council's evaluation framework (2000) brought welcome clarity to the task. Now the council has updated its guidance

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DNA methylationEpigeneticsBiologyGeneticsMethylationCpG siteEpigenomicsChromatinRegulation of gene expressionEpigenetics of physical exerciseDNA binding siteGeneGene expressionPromoter

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 337
Issue: 5
Pages: a1655-a1655
Citations: 10859
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                                    Peter Craig, 
                                
                                    Paul Dieppe, 
                                
                                    Sally MacIntyre
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. 
                            BMJ
                            , 337
                            (5)
                            , a1655-a1655.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a1655
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1655