According to Brinkman-Stoppelenburg et al., complex interventions such as e.g. the Respecting Choices program are the most promising ACP programs [ 6].
2. The number dilemma addresses the problem that research approaches in biomedicine require quantitative measures, while the aims of public health interventions are often hardly measurable as e.g. the development of healthy lifestyles and the empowerment of people and communities.
Furthermore, 4 out of 7 studies [ 37- 40] evaluated combined interventions, e.g. medical and psychosocial interventions.
In light of the heavy burden resulting from excessive alcohol consumption, there is widespread recognition of the need to tackle the problem 4. A substantial body of evidence points to price interventions, e.g. alcohol taxation, as the most effective and cost-effective means of reducing consumption and associated harm 5.
Half of the reviews focused on a specific type of intervention, e.g. internet-based interventions, support group interventions or case management interventions.
Finally, other incidentally mentioned interventions, as part of the implementation strategy, were: developing a project plan, establish a working committee and the use of passive reminders, e.g. posters.
Finally, it is not well understood how MC and other interventions, e.g. female sex worker-focused preventive interventions, would interact.
Such controls could then provide the basis for economic interventions as e.g., full payment to drilling contractor made on condition that the borehole is constructed in accordance with the contractual technical specification.
The reasons for assessing clustering may simply be part of overall epidemiological descriptions or may relate to specific hypotheses such as the emergence of high-risk areas consequent on interventions, e.g. malaria transmission around newly constructed irrigation dams (6).
Patients are the experts when trying to establish what constitutes a simple intervention, e.g. as being not too intrusive or invasive nor time-consuming or costly.
Positive results came from a range of different interventions, e.g. tutoring projects and structured individualized support.
