Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention
Abstract There is growing interest in social network-based programmes to improve health, but rigorous methods using Social Network research to evaluate the process of these interventions is less well developed. Using data from the “STis And Sexual Health” (STASH) feasibility trial of a school-based,...
Guardado en:
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
Publicado: |
Nature Portfolio
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/93ebbd0852114f75840ffb6efd107a12 |
Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
id |
oai:doaj.org-article:93ebbd0852114f75840ffb6efd107a12 |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:93ebbd0852114f75840ffb6efd107a122021-12-02T17:52:12ZSocial Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention10.1038/s41598-021-90852-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/93ebbd0852114f75840ffb6efd107a122021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90852-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract There is growing interest in social network-based programmes to improve health, but rigorous methods using Social Network research to evaluate the process of these interventions is less well developed. Using data from the “STis And Sexual Health” (STASH) feasibility trial of a school-based, peer-led intervention on sexual health prevention, we illustrate how network data analysis results can address key components of process evaluations for complex interventions—implementation, mechanisms of impacts, and context. STASH trained students as Peer Supporters (PS) to diffuse sexual health messages though face-to-face interactions and online Facebook (FB) groups. We applied a Multilevel Exponential Random Graph modelling approach to analyse the interdependence between offline friendship relationships and online FB ties and how these different relationships align. Our results suggest that the creation of online FB communities mirrored offline adolescent groups, demonstrating fidelity of intervention delivery. Data on informal friendship networks related to student’s individual characteristics (i.e., demographics, sexual health knowledge and adherence to norms, which were included for STASH), contributed to an understanding of the social relational ‘building’ mechanisms that sustain tie-formation. This knowledge could assist the selection of opinion leaders, improving identification of influential peers situated in optimal network positions. This work provides a novel contribution to understanding how to integrate network research with the process evaluation of a network intervention.Chiara BroccatelliPeng WangLisa McDaidMark McCannSharon Anne SimpsonLawrie ElliottLaurence MooreKirstin MitchellNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021) |
institution |
DOAJ |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
EN |
topic |
Medicine R Science Q |
spellingShingle |
Medicine R Science Q Chiara Broccatelli Peng Wang Lisa McDaid Mark McCann Sharon Anne Simpson Lawrie Elliott Laurence Moore Kirstin Mitchell Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
description |
Abstract There is growing interest in social network-based programmes to improve health, but rigorous methods using Social Network research to evaluate the process of these interventions is less well developed. Using data from the “STis And Sexual Health” (STASH) feasibility trial of a school-based, peer-led intervention on sexual health prevention, we illustrate how network data analysis results can address key components of process evaluations for complex interventions—implementation, mechanisms of impacts, and context. STASH trained students as Peer Supporters (PS) to diffuse sexual health messages though face-to-face interactions and online Facebook (FB) groups. We applied a Multilevel Exponential Random Graph modelling approach to analyse the interdependence between offline friendship relationships and online FB ties and how these different relationships align. Our results suggest that the creation of online FB communities mirrored offline adolescent groups, demonstrating fidelity of intervention delivery. Data on informal friendship networks related to student’s individual characteristics (i.e., demographics, sexual health knowledge and adherence to norms, which were included for STASH), contributed to an understanding of the social relational ‘building’ mechanisms that sustain tie-formation. This knowledge could assist the selection of opinion leaders, improving identification of influential peers situated in optimal network positions. This work provides a novel contribution to understanding how to integrate network research with the process evaluation of a network intervention. |
format |
article |
author |
Chiara Broccatelli Peng Wang Lisa McDaid Mark McCann Sharon Anne Simpson Lawrie Elliott Laurence Moore Kirstin Mitchell |
author_facet |
Chiara Broccatelli Peng Wang Lisa McDaid Mark McCann Sharon Anne Simpson Lawrie Elliott Laurence Moore Kirstin Mitchell |
author_sort |
Chiara Broccatelli |
title |
Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
title_short |
Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
title_full |
Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
title_fullStr |
Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
title_full_unstemmed |
Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
title_sort |
social network research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention |
publisher |
Nature Portfolio |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/93ebbd0852114f75840ffb6efd107a12 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT chiarabroccatelli socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT pengwang socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT lisamcdaid socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT markmccann socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT sharonannesimpson socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT lawrieelliott socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT laurencemoore socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention AT kirstinmitchell socialnetworkresearchcontributiontoevaluatingprocessinafeasibilitystudyofapeerledandschoolbasedsexualhealthintervention |
_version_ |
1718379241662316544 |