Implementing a training intervention to support caregivers after stroke: A process evaluation examining the initiation and embedding of programme change

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Clarke, David J ^a   Godfrey, Mary ^c   Hawkins, Rebecca ^c   Sadler, Euan ^b   Harding, Geoffrey ^e   Forster, Anne ^a   McKevitt, Christopher ^b   Dickerson, Josie ^a   Farrin, Amanda ^d  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiver training; Implementation theory; Normalization process theory; Process evaluation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; TEACHING;

EID: 84882542770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-96     Document Type: Article

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