Thomas Mills, en forsker fra London South Bank University, besøgte Det Sektorfri Forebyggelseslaboratorium den 22. oktober 2024. Her holdt han oplægget "New adventures in complex intervention research: logic modelling for the real-world."
Thomas Mills er et stort navn indenfor komplekse interventioner. Særligt hans innovative 'take' på kompleksitetstænkning og logiske modeller har vundet genklang, og hans artikel: "Advancing complexity science in healthcare research: the logic of logic models " er citeret næsten 100 gange. Læs artiklen her. Logiske modeller er et kendt og ofte brugt redskab ved udvikling og evaluering af interventioner.
Oplægget med Thomas Mills blev optaget og kan ses her.
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Lecture – English description
Logic models are a central feature of intervention research but have received considerable criticism from qualitative and quantitative researchers alike. This lecture explored the pros and cons of logic models from a complexity perspective. It reported on the author's development of a logic modelling approach called real-world logic modelling (RWLM). This approach, referenced in the Medical Research Council's framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions (Skivington et al, 2021), is appropriate for adaptive interventions which utilise assets contained within delivery settings. Read the article here. The lecture presented a rationale for RWLM and discussed how they may be developed, using diverse cases in health services research, public policy implementation and community-centred health promotion. The author also discussed his thinking about future directions, specifically how real-world logic modellers might support the thinking and actions of knowledge communities.
Thomas Mills – Short bio
Dr Thomas Mills is a public health researcher who works for the NIHR-funded research centre PHIRST South Bank, based at London South Bank University. His PhD, a qualitative investigation of the impacts of marketisation policy on diabetes services in the English NHS, was completed in 2016. Since then, he has contributed to the development and evaluation of diverse complex interventions that have sought to improve health or address health determinants. He is particularly interested in the use of creative, qualitative modelling to develop collective understanding of interventions and inform evaluations and implementation efforts.