Unpacking context in realist evaluations: Findings from a comprehensive review

SB Nielsen, S Lemire, S Tangsig - Evaluation, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Realist evaluation is an established approach in evaluation. The main question driving
realist evaluation is to uncover how, for whom, and under what conditions an intervention …

Data analysis and synthesis within a realist evaluation: toward more transparent methodological approaches

B Gilmore, E McAuliffe, J Power… - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Realist evaluations are increasingly used in the study of complex health interventions. The
methodological procedures applied within realist evaluations however are often inexplicit …

A cascade of interventions to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy in African countries

R Jopling, P Nyamayaro, LS Andersen, A Kagee… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We reviewed interventions to improve uptake and adherence to
antiretroviral therapy (ART) in African countries in the Treat All era. Recent Findings ART …

Using the realist interview approach to maintain theoretical awareness in realist studies

FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle… - Qualitative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Realist evaluation submits that theories and models of how, why, for whom and under what
circumstances programs work could be formulated by conceptualizing the relational links …

Doing realist research

N Emmel, M Monaghan, A Manzano, J Greenhalgh - 2018 - torrossa.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 REALIST RESEARCH DOING Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded
SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a …

Unearthing how, why, for whom and under what health system conditions the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in South Africa works: A realist theory …

FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle… - BMC Health Services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Poor retention in care and suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral treatment
(ART) undermine its successful rollout in South Africa. The adherence club intervention was …

How to and how not to develop a theory of change to evaluate a complex intervention: reflections on an experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo

R Maini, S Mounier-Jack, J Borghi - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Theories of change (ToCs) describe how interventions can bring about long-term outcomes
through a logical sequence of intermediate outcomes and have been used to design and …

A realist approach to eliciting the initial programme theory of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

FC Mukumbang, B Marchal, S Van Belle… - BMC medical research …, 2018 - Springer
Background The successful initiation of people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy
(ART) in South Africa has engendered challenges of poor retention in care and suboptimal …

[HTML][HTML] Leaving no man behind: how differentiated service delivery models increase men's engagement in HIV care

FC Mukumbang - International Journal of Health Policy and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Men demonstrate disproportionately poor uptake and engagement in HIV
services with strong evidence linking men's disinclination to engage in HIV services to their …

[HTML][HTML] The challenge of implementation in complex, adaptive child welfare systems: A realist synthesis of signs of safety

L Caffrey, F Browne - Children and Youth Services Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Implementing a new initiative in any complex system is known to be deeply challenging and
children's services are no exception in this regard. Yet understanding implementation is …