Field Trials of Health Interventions: A Toolbox - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198732864 ISBN 13: 9780198732860

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This 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 been compiled by an international group of over 30 authors with direct experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of field trials in low and middle income countries and is based on their accumulated knowledge and experience.

Available as an open access book via Oxford Medicine Online, this new edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the new developments that have taken place in recent years with respect to trials, including seven new chapters on subjects ranging from trial governance, and preliminary studies to pilot testing.

About this title

About the Author

Peter G. Smith, Professor of Tropical Epidemiology, Medical Research Council Tropical Epidemiology Group London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK,Richard H. Morrow, Professor of International Health, Division of Health Systems, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA,David A. Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, Medical Research Council Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Review

Review from previous edition: "This reference manual provides a survey of the many stages of planning, conducting and analysing a field trial. It has been 'field tested' in draft form and fine tuned as a result. It is recommended to all who need to conduct field trials, not just those
working in the tropics."

--Aslib Book Guide

"The editors have effectively distilled a wealth of knowledge into a compact volume in a style that reflects the intention that it should be used as a reference manual or 'toolbox' by field investigators ... a well-written, concise and practical manual."

--Paul Pharoah, International Journal of Epidemiology, 22/3, June 1993 03/03/1994

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0198732864
• ISBN 13: 9780198732860
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Smith Peter G., Morrow Richard H., Ross David A.