Type: Article

Level: Intermediate

Description: This article explains the different stages of formative evaluations.

Type: Article

Level: Intermediate

Description: “Efficient orthogonal design is a tool that must be used at the outset of a study that can be used to compare the effectiveness of different ways of deploying each component of a PCMH, as well as how the effects of individual components interact with one another.” www.pcmh.ahrq.gov

Type: Article

Level: Intermediate

Description: ”Cognitive task analysis (CTA) is a family of methods designed to reveal the thinking involved in performing tasks in real-world contexts. CTA can be used to uncover and describe key patterns, variations, opportunities for improvement, and leverage the “knowledge work”—not just the physical work—of primary care staff and clinicians implementing PCMH models.”

Source: PCMH (Patient Centered Medical Home)

Type: Article

Level: Intermediate

Description: “Anthropology explores human culture, behavior, and expression using an ethnographic approach, which employs multiple methods of data collection to construct a holistic and contextual view of the phenomena under study. It excels in uncovering unexpected insights by studying a topic in person, in situ, over time, and from diverse perspectives.” www.pcmh.ahrq.gov

Type: Article

Level: Basic

Description: “This overview provides an introduction to the PCMH Research Methods Series and introduces methods or approaches that have the potential to expand and refine understanding of the PCMH as a complex health care intervention and innovation.” www.pcmh.ahrq.gov

Type: Audio/video capture (60 min in duration)

Level: Advanced

Description:   The topic of this webinar is “How engaged are we? Measuring community engagement and partnership”. This webinar provides detailed models and strategies to implement and monitor community engagement and Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR).

Type: Online Module

Level: Basic

Description: A compilation of  ”a few dozen resources that cover a range of issues from engaging with communities and ensuring research is culturally appropriate, to IRB and regulatory processes and study management. You may also come across these resources elsewhere in the Research Toolkit web site”: http://www.researchtoolkit.org/.

Type: Online Module

Level: Basic

Description: This module is part of a toolkit for health research in partnership with practices and communities that is active and growing. http://www.researchtoolkit.org/

“Efficient and effective conduct of a research study of any size, or any topic, can be a challenge. We’ve collected a helpful array of resources to aid the study management process, including procedures for informed consent, operations manuals for clinical research, and ways to keep both research staff and participants engaged over time.”

Type: Online Module

Level: Basic

Description: This is one module that is part of a toolkit for health research in partnership with practices and communities that is active and growing: http://www.researchtoolkit.org/. “You’re funded (nice work!)… now what? There are a number of steps and considerations as you launch a project, including contractual agreements, ethical/regulatory approvals, and training study staff. Here, you’ll find resources for all of these steps in the process, as well as a guide for developing participant-centered study materials.”

Type: Article

Level: Intermediate

Description: This paper by B. Borrelli PhD introduces the concept of treatment fidelity in health behavior change trials conducted in public health contexts. It outlines the National Institutes of Health’s Behavioral Change Consortium framework for assessing and monitoring treatment fidelity across five domains: Study Design, Training, Delivery, Receipt, and Enactment. Specific guidelines on how to integrate treatment fidelity measures into study design and implementation are discussed.