The Finnmark Intervention Study: Does community intervention work?

Does early intervention 'work'?

How does brief motivational intervention work? A mediation analysis

Little is known about exactly which elements of alcohol brief motivational intervention (BMI) make it work. A causal chain between therapist motivational interviewing behaviors, subsequent client change talk (CT), and actual behavior change has been postulated. Other researchers have proposed the notion of a working alliance between counselor and client to explain better outcomes. However, thes...

What Does It Mean for an Intervention to “Work”?

Exploring Environment-Intervention Fit: A Study of a Work Environment Intervention Program for the Care Sector

Targeting occupational health and safety interventions to different groups of employees and sectors is important. The aim of this study was to explore the environment-intervention fit of a Danish psychosocial work environment intervention program for the residential and home care sector. Focus group interviews with employees and interviews with mangers were conducted at 12 selected workplaces a...

Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation: Development of the Intervention

INTRODUCTION The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) intervention protocol was developed by collaborating trial investigators during a 24-month planning phase. To select the specific intervention methods included in the COMMIT protocol, the investigators used a wide variety of data from controlled and demonstration trials of smoking control strategies as well as advice f...