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Abstract
Background: The 2 most cited sports injury prevention research frameworks incorporate intervention development, yet little guidance is available in the sports science literature on how to undertake this complex process. This paper presents a generalizable process for developing implementable sports injury prevention interventions, including a case study applying the process to develop a lower limb injury prevention exercise training program (FootyFirst) for community Australian football.
Methods: The intervention development process is underpinned by 2 complementary premises: (1) that evidence-based practice integrates the best available scientific evidence with practitioner expertise and end-user values and (2) that research evidence alone is insufficient to develop implementable interventions.
Results: The generalizable 6-step intervention development process involves (1) compiling research evidence, clinical experience, and knowledge of the implementation context; (2) consulting with experts; (3) engaging with end users; (4) testing the intervention; (5) using theory; and (6) obtaining feedback from early implementers. Following each step, intervention content and presentation should be revised to ensure that the final intervention includes evidence-informed content that is likely to be adopted, properly implemented, and sustained over time by the targeted intervention deliverers. For FootyFirst, this process involved establishing a multidisciplinary intervention development group, conducting 2 targeted literature reviews, undertaking an online expert consensus process, conducting focus groups with program end users, testing the program multiple times in different contexts, and obtaining feedback from early implementers of the program.
Conclusion: This systematic yet pragmatic and iterative intervention development process is potentially applicable to any injury prevention topic across all sports settings and levels. It will guide researchers wishing to undertake intervention development.
Methods: The intervention development process is underpinned by 2 complementary premises: (1) that evidence-based practice integrates the best available scientific evidence with practitioner expertise and end-user values and (2) that research evidence alone is insufficient to develop implementable interventions.
Results: The generalizable 6-step intervention development process involves (1) compiling research evidence, clinical experience, and knowledge of the implementation context; (2) consulting with experts; (3) engaging with end users; (4) testing the intervention; (5) using theory; and (6) obtaining feedback from early implementers. Following each step, intervention content and presentation should be revised to ensure that the final intervention includes evidence-informed content that is likely to be adopted, properly implemented, and sustained over time by the targeted intervention deliverers. For FootyFirst, this process involved establishing a multidisciplinary intervention development group, conducting 2 targeted literature reviews, undertaking an online expert consensus process, conducting focus groups with program end users, testing the program multiple times in different contexts, and obtaining feedback from early implementers of the program.
Conclusion: This systematic yet pragmatic and iterative intervention development process is potentially applicable to any injury prevention topic across all sports settings and levels. It will guide researchers wishing to undertake intervention development.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 334-341 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Sport and Health Science |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- Australian football
- Implementation
- Intervention development
- Lower limb injuries
- Research-to-practice
- Sports injury prevention
- Translation
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Improving clinical understanding and management of tendinopathy
Cook, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/14 → 28/07/15
Project: Research
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Towards a national sports safety strategy - addressing facilitators and barriers towards safety guideline uptake.
Finch, C. F., Gabbe, B., Lloyd, D. & Cook, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia), New South Wales Sporting Injuries Committee, Australian Football League (AFL), JLT Risk Solutions Pty Ltd, Sport and Recreation Victoria, Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (trading as VicHealth)
1/05/10 → 30/04/14
Project: Research