Abstract Background The Medical Research Councils' framework for complex interventions
has been criticized for not including theory-driven approaches to evaluation. Although the …

Background Despite the increasing popularity of the theory of change (ToC) approach, little
is known about the extent to which ToC has been used in the design and evaluation of …

Background The Medical Research Council published the second edition of its framework in
2006 on developing and evaluating complex interventions. Since then, there have been …

Preventing chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, requires
complex interventions, involving multi-component and multi-level efforts that are tailored to …

Objectives Although there is increasing interest in the evaluation of complex interventions,
there is little guidance on how evidence from complex interventions may be reviewed and …

Background Developing effective implementation strategies requires adequate tracking and
reporting on their application. Guidelines exist for defining and reporting on implementation …

Background Following publication of the first worked example of the “best fit” method of
evidence synthesis for the systematic review of qualitative evidence in this journal, the …

Comments on the editorial by Peter Griffiths & Ian Norman (see record 2013-10991-001).
The editorial summarized many important points. The Medical Research Council guidance …

In the year 2000, the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the United Kingdom (UK)
published a document that aimed to guide researchers on how to investigate the effects of …

Updated MRC guidance for evaluation of complex interventions published in 2008 (Craig et
al. 2008) highlighted the value of process evaluation within trials of complex interventions in …