What is it about?
Our evaluation demonstrated a brief motivational interviewing intervention to increase COVID-19 testing among marginalized persons was not effective. However, we were able to apply qualitative data to understand changes needed to intervention content and implementation process to enhance the intervention's efficacy.
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Why is it important?
Integrating qualitative implementation assessment with quantitative evaluation of intervention efficacy can illuminate implementation and intervention factors impacting efficacy to inform intervention redesign.
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The current study highlights the value of integrating quantitative and qualitative methods when conducting intervention research to discern whether null findings in a randomized controlled trial may be due to intervention failure, meaning that the intervention components were ineffective in changing outcomes, or implementation failure, meaning how the intervention was deployed was ineffective.
Anne Marie Mauricio
University of Oregon
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This page is a summary of: A mixed methods evaluation of a motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness and people who inject drugs., Psychological Services, March 2025, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/ser0000939.
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