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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.Before new interventions are released into disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in `field trials''. These may be complex and expensive undertakings, requiring the follow-up of hundreds, or thousands, of individuals, often for long periods. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in the trials that have been conducted have rarely been published. A consequence of this, individuals planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to knowledge accumulated previously, other than their own. In this manual, practical issues in trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail, that Field Trials of Health Interventions may be used as a `toolbox'' by field investigators. It has b
Trade ReviewThis is a unique and remarkable book, providing an invaluable resource for researchers planning field trials of health interventions in developing countries. * Shirley Hodgson, Cancer genetics, Emeritus at St. Georges, University of London, 'Medicine, Conflict and Survival', Vol. 31, (Nov. 2015) *
I would recommend in two ways as a reliable starting point for further exploration and as a reference to have in your laptop case when you do head out into the field. * Jim Black, Australian Journal of Public Health *
Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Types of intervention and their development ; 3. Reviewing the literature ; 4. Study design ; 5. Study size ; 6. Ethical considerations ; 7. Trial governance ; 8. Preparing grant applications ; 9. Community engagement ; 10. Censuses and mapping ; 11. Randomisation, blinding and coding ; 12. Outcome measures and case definition ; 13. Preliminary studies and pilot testing ; 14. Questionnaires ; 15. Social and behavioural research ; 16. Field organization and ensuring data of high quality ; 17. Field laboratory methods ; 18. Budgeting and accounting ; 19. Intervention costing and economic analysis ; 20. Data management ; 21. Methods of analysis ; 22. Phase IV studies ; 23. Reporting and using trial results
