DECIPHer, the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, will offer a one-day course on the theory and practice of process evaluation of complex interventions. The course is led by Dr Graham Moore (Senior Lecturer and programme lead for complex intervention methods in DECIPHer). The teaching team (Dr Suzanne Audrey, Dr Rhiannon Evans and Dr Jeremy Segrott) includes authors of numerous empirical and methodological works related to process evaluation, including recent MRC guidance.

The course will cover:                    

• The role of process evaluation in understanding complex interventions
• The importance of intervention theory and logic models
• Fidelity and implementation of complex interventions
• Relationships and resource issues
• Identifying questions and combining methods
• Analysis and dissemination of process data