Webinar: Prof. Rhiannon Evans - Process evaluations: How do we explain why interventions work or cause harm?

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This webinar will introduce process evaluations. Process evaluations are often integrated with outcome evaluations (e.g. RCTs). They help to explain why an intervention was or was not effective by exploring: 1) If it activated the intended causal pathways; 2) If it was implemented as planned; 3) If it was acceptable to delivery agents and participants; and 4) If the wider delivery context was supportive or inhibitive. The webinar will describe key process evaluation concepts, frameworks and guidance, alongside common methods that are used to undertake them.

Speaker:

Professor Rhiannon Evans is based at DECIPHer, which is a public health research centre of excellence at Cardiff University. The centre is focused on the development, implementation, evaluation and adaptation of interventions. Professor Evans is the Deputy Director and lead for health inequalities research. She is Deputy Director of the NIHR Public Health Research Systematic Reviews Team, which undertakes evidence syntheses to inform NIHR funding priorities.  Rhiannon is Co-Investigator on the newly established Wales National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-harm and the NIHR Rhondda Cynon Taf Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC). Her methodological expertise in in complex systems informed systematic reviews, intervention development and adaptation, and process evaluations. She was Principal Investigator on MRC-NIHR funded ADAPT guidance to support the adaptation of interventions for new contexts.