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Programme design principles
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Programmes that are aimed at effecting change is likely to be complex,
programmatic and context specific (Campbell et al., 2007; Rychetnik,
Frommer, Hawe & Shiell, 2002).
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Complex programmes are built up from a number of components which
may act both independently and interdependently (Campbell et al.,
2007).
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The evidence for these
programmes’
effectiveness should be
sufficiently comprehensive (Rychetnik et al., 2002).
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Best practice is to develop a programme systematically by using the
best available evidence and appropriate theory and then to test using a
carefully phased approach (Craig et al., 2008).