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Multilevel intervention (MLI) research can enhance cancer care delivery by examining contextual factors. Further development is needed to improve its scientific rigor, feasibility, and policy relevance for future research agendas.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Cancer Care Delivery
  • Intervention Science

Background:

  • Multilevel intervention (MLI) research is underrepresented in cancer literature.
  • MLI research can improve the implementation of cancer care delivery studies by assessing contextual, organizational, and environmental factors.
  • Existing theories are useful, but the field lacks a single unifying theory for MLI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Assess the added value of MLI research.
  • Discuss challenges and lessons learned in cancer care delivery.
  • Identify improvements for MLI research soundness, feasibility, policy relevance, and agenda.

Main Methods:

  • Review and discussion of 12 monograph chapters and a multilevel meeting.
  • Analysis of key findings and results related to MLI research questions.
  • Conceptualization using an ecological model.

Main Results:

  • MLI research can improve cancer care delivery by assessing crucial factors.
  • MLI research designs are complex, potentially requiring simulation modeling and pilot studies.
  • There is a need for better measurement and evaluation of team/organizational interventions, and consideration of health-care reform, eHealth, and genomics.

Conclusions:

  • MLI research holds significant promise for improving cancer care delivery.
  • Future progress requires developing metrics for level effects and interactions.
  • Enhanced evaluation of MLI interventions is crucial for advancing the field.