Multiphase optimization strategy: How to build more effective, affordable, scalable and efficient social and behavioural oral health interventions

Kate Guastaferro, Jillian C. Strayhorn

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Abstract

This commentary introduces the field of social behavioural oral health interventions to the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST). MOST is a principled framework for the development, optimization and evaluation of multicomponent interventions. Drawing from the fields of engineering, behavioural science, economics, decision science and public health, intervention optimization requires a strategic balance of effectiveness with affordability, scalability and efficiency. We argue that interventions developed using MOST are more likely to maximize the public health impact of social behavioural oral health interventions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)103-107
Number of pages5
JournalCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Volume51
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2023

Keywords

  • behavioral science
  • clinical trials
  • intervention optimization
  • prevention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Dentistry
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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