چکیده (انگلیسی):

Following the UK Medical Research Council’s (MRC) guidelines for the development and evaluation of
complex interventions, this study aimed to design, develop and optimise an educational intervention
about young men and unintended teenage pregnancy based around an interactive film. The process
involved identification of the relevant evidence base, development of a theoretical understanding of the
phenomenon of unintended teenage pregnancy in relation to young men, and exploratory mixed
methods research. The result was an evidence-based, theory-informed, user-endorsed intervention
designed to meet the much neglected pregnancy education needs of teenage men and intended to
increase both boys’ and girls’ intentions to avoid an unplanned pregnancy during adolescence. In
prioritising the development phase, this paper addresses a gap in the literature on the processes of
research-informed intervention design. It illustrates the application of the MRC guidelines in practice
while offering a critique and additional guidance to programme developers on the MRC prescribed
processes of developing interventions. Key lessons learned were: (1) know and engage the target
population and engage gatekeepers in addressing contextual complexities; (2) know the targeted
behaviours and model a process of change; and (3) look beyond development to evaluation and
implementation.