Evaluation design for a complex intervention program targeting loneliness in non-institutionalized elderly Dutch people

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 552
• Main Authors: de Vlaming, Rianne, Haveman-Nies, Annemien, van't Veer, Pieter, de Groot, Lisette CPGM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.09.2010; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; Behavior; Care and treatment; Community health care; Demographic aspects; Design; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Female; Health aspects; Health care; Health promotion; Health Promotion - organization & administration; Health services; Human subjects; Humans; inequalities; Intervention; Loneliness; Male; Management; Medical research; Netherlands; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Older people; Practice; Program Development; Program Evaluation - methods; Public health; Public health law; public-health policy; Qualitative research; Studies; Study Protocol; Surveys and Questionnaires; Netherlands

The aim of this paper is to provide the rationale for an evaluation design for a complex intervention program targeting loneliness among non-institutionalized elderly people in a Dutch community. Complex public health interventions characteristically use the combined approach of intervening on the i...