Is realist evaluation keeping its promise? A review of published empirical studies in the field of health systems research

B Marchal, S Van Belle, J Van Olmen, T Hoerée… - …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This overview aims to stimulate conceptual and practical discussions to help unlock the full
potential of realist evaluation in health systems research. Based on a structured literature …

Applying complexity theory: A review to inform evaluation design

M Walton - Evaluation and program planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Complexity theory has increasingly been discussed and applied within evaluation literature
over the past decade. This article reviews the discussion and use of complexity theory within …

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 …

Knowledge brokering: exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action

VL Ward, AO House, S Hamer - BMC health services research, 2009 - Springer
Background There are many theories about knowledge transfer but there are few clear
descriptions of knowledge transfer interventions or the processes they involve. This failure to …

[图书][B] Partnership working in health and social care: what is integrated care and how can we deliver it?

J Glasby, H Dickinson - 2014 - books.google.com
Health and social care organizations in the United Kingdom are increasingly being asked to
work together across long-standing agency boundaries, and many practitioners are finding …

'Why Partnership Working Doesn't Work' Pitfalls, problems and possibilities in English health and social care

H Dickinson, J Glasby - Public management review, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract English public services in general (and health and social care in particular) have
become increasingly dominated by the notion of partnership working. Despite this, more …

Challenges related to the analytical process in realist evaluation and latest developments on the use of NVivo from a realist perspective

DA Bergeron, I Gaboury - International Journal of Social Research …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Realist evaluation (RE) is a research design increasingly used in program evaluation, that
aims to explore and understand the influence of context and underlying mechanisms on …

The effectiveness of inter‐professional working for older people living in the community: a systematic review

D Trivedi, C Goodman, H Gage, N Baron… - Health & social care …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Health and social care policy in the UK advocates inter‐professional working (IPW) to
support older people with complex and multiple needs. Whilst there is a growing …

Combining theories of change and realist evaluation in practice: lessons from a research on evaluation study

S Rolfe - Evaluation, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
A rapidly growing range of studies apply Theories of Change or Realist Evaluation
approaches to get to grips with complex causal processes. Each methodology has been …

How to develop a theory-driven evaluation design? Lessons learned from an adolescent sexual and reproductive health programme in West Africa

SB Van Belle, B Marchal, D Dubourg, G Kegels - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background This paper presents the development of a study design built on the principles of
theory-driven evaluation. The theory-driven evaluation approach was used to evaluate an …