1. Sexual health interventions should be subject to experimental evaluation / Chris Bonell, Rebecca Bennett and Ann Oakley -- 2. Sexual health interventions are unsuitable for experimental evaluation / Susan Kippax -- 3. The role of randomized controlled trials in assessing sexual health interventions / David A. Ross and Daniel Wight -- 4. Using theories of behaviour change to develop and evaluate sexual health interventions / Stephen Sutton -- 5. Stages in the development and evaluation of complex interventions / Irwin Nazareth -- 6. Choice of experimental design / Sheila Bird -- 7. Cluster randomized trials of sexual health interventions / Richard Hayes -- 8. Biological, behavioural and psychological outcome measures / Frances M. Cowan and Mary Plummer -- 9. Developing and validating complex behavioural outcome measures / Rochelle N. Shain, Sondra Perdue, Jeanna M. Piper, Alan E.C. Holden, Jane Champion and Edward R. Newton -- 10. Unpacking the 'black box': the importance of process data to explain outcomes / Daniel Wight and Angela Obasi -- 11. Generalizability of trials and implementation of research into practice / Heiner Grosskurth and Lilani Kumaranayake -- 12. The limits of generalizability: community-based sexual health interventions among gay men / Graham Hart and Jonathan Elford -- 13. The value of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of sexual health interventions / Jonathan Shepherd and Angela Harden -- 14. Challenges for future sexual health intervention trials / Judith Stephenson
Summary
This text provides an analysis of the methodological and practical issues involved in evaluating sexual health interventions. It should appeal to trial enthusiasts through discussion of specific issues in trial design, and also to those with a sceptical interest in the potential of experimentation
