DevelopmentCreating and initially evaluating an innovation. An innovation can be an idea, technology, treatment or method.
Innovation Example: Motivational Interviewing
> Motivational interviewing is a counseling practice developed by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick (1991). Research shows that MI has a positive effect on retention in care (Carroll et al., 2006), and the effectiveness of MI in the field has been explored through NIDA's CTN (Carroll et al., 2002)