Francisco Vincent T, Butterfoss Frances D
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2007 Apr;8(2):128-33. doi: 10.1177/1524839906298495.
By relying solely on tests of statistical significance as the measure of success for interventions in public health, and in community-based participatory research, we can miss important social dimensions of the project. These dimensions include how our interventions might affect the lives of participants (social validity) and the lives of people more broadly (clinical or public health significance). Social validation procedures were originally developed to assess the acceptability of procedures and effects of behavioral interventions among clients and consumers. This article describes the methods used to obtain social validity data for goals, procedures, and effects of interventions in health settings. The challenges in using these procedures are also discussed, and suggestions are offered for future research and practice in this area.
仅仅依靠统计显著性检验作为公共卫生干预措施以及基于社区的参与性研究成功与否的衡量标准，我们可能会忽略项目重要的社会层面。这些层面包括我们的干预措施可能如何影响参与者的生活（社会效度）以及更广泛人群的生活（临床或公共卫生意义）。社会验证程序最初是为评估客户和消费者对程序及行为干预效果的可接受性而开发的。本文描述了用于获取健康环境中干预措施的目标、程序和效果的社会效度数据的方法。还讨论了使用这些程序时面临的挑战，并针对该领域未来的研究和实践提出了建议。
