This step has four parts. See the ACS presentation on Evidence-Based & Informed Interventions for an overview and the benefits of using evidence-based and informed interventions for your project.
5a. Identify Possible Evidence-Based and Informed Interventions
Issues can be addressed with multiple evidence-based and informed interventions, so the purpose of this step is to identify possible intervention candidates to choose from.
- Example interventions to increase community demand: client reminder/recall, client incentives (for colorectal cancer screening), small media (for breast cancer screening and colorectal cancer screening), patient education
- Example interventions to increase provider delivery: provider reminders, provider assessment and feedback, professional education, provider incentives (for colorectal cancer screening), and standing vaccination orders.
- Example interventions to increase community access: reduce barriers, reduce out-of-pocket costs
The following image provides a visual guide to Step 5a. Click on the image to download a fillable PDF form.
5b. Align Evidence-Based and Informed Interventions with Issues
The purpose of this step is to align potential evidence-based and informed interventions from the previous step with specific issues to identify the pairings that will most likely reach the goals in the aim statement. That way, limited resources can be concentrated on the best evidence-based intervention candidates to address the issue in focus.
- Which possible evidence-based and informed interventions would address your theories or issues? Why?
The following image provides a visual guide to Step 5b. Click on the image to download a fillable PDF form.
5c. Collect Additional Data
The purpose of this step is to reconsider the completeness of the initial data in the context of the intervention candidates identified in the previous step. It may be the case that one or more interventions identified in the previous step could benefit from additional data collection to help you decide if the interventions can be as effective as you envision.
- Is there additional data that must be collected to support your final evidence-based and informed intervention selections?
- List the further data or information that should be collected to support a final choice decision.
- Does anything change about the evidence-based and informed intervention alignments after gathering more data?
- List what changed and how it affects the initial evidence-based and informed intervention-Issue alignments
The following image provides a visual guide to Step 5c. Click on the image to download a fillable PDF form.
5d. Identify Feasible Evidence-Based and Informed Interventions
The purpose of this step is to identify the most feasible interventions from the previous step to maximize the probability of intervention success and achieve the goals in the vision and aim statements.
For each evidence-based and informed intervention, consider the following questions:
- Resources. Do you have the money, people, and resources to implement and monitor the program? Do the resources already exist?
- Stakeholder Buy-in. Are members of your COP group supportive and engaged in the process? Are there more opportunities for collaboration?
- Feasibility. Is the intervention appropriate for the target audience? Do you have an organizational capacity to carry out the intervention? Does the intervention align with your aim statement and program goals/objectives that were previously established?
- Leadership Support. Do you need buy-in from leadership to implement the intervention? Do you have that buy-in? Can you get that buy-in?
The following image provides a visual guide to Step 5d. Click on the image to download a fillable PDF form.
