ODP Sponsors New Open-Access Supplemental Journal

The NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) has published its first-ever supplemental journal issue, “Design and Analytic Methods to Evaluate Multilevel Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities,” released by Prevention Science. The open-access issue provides a collection of peer-reviewed papers on rigorous clinical trial methods that can be used to evaluate community-based interventions in populations that experience health disparities.

The 12 papers featured in the issue offer a mix of new approaches to the design and analysis of multilevel interventions. The issue also includes strategies for developing interventions that balance methodological rigor with design feasibility, acceptability and ethical considerations.

Investigators can use ODP’s quick guide to navigate the issue and identify which articles address the research methods relevant to their work, such as power calculations and sample size, the use of simulations to inform study design, mixed methods approaches, health equity metrics or outcomes, and intervention development.

ODP also developed complementary materials. See: https://go.nih.gov/wVKBzfO.