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Describing an innovative approach to the evaluation of complex health interventions, this book allows reader to assess what interventions work, how and for whom. Proposing how realist evaluation methods may be incorporated within trials and systematic reviews, this approach provides useful evidence to inform policy and scientific advancement.

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1. Introduction; 2. Why are trials and systematic reviews necessary but insufficient to inform health policy?; 3. Realist critiques and manifesto for evaluation and reviews; 4. Building realist theory in evaluations; 5. Refining realist theory through process evaluations; 6. Testing realist theory through trials or other evaluation designs; 7. Building and refining realist theory in systematic reviews; 8. Testing realist theory through synthesising outcome evaluations; 9. Using evidence to inform intervention scale-up and transfer; 10. Using evidence to refine middle range theory; Conclusions.

Realist Trials and Systematic Reviews

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781009456609
      978-1009456609
      ISBN-10 1009456601
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      Social research and statistics Social welfare, social policy and social services

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describing an innovative approach to the evaluation of complex health interventions, this book allows reader to assess what interventions work, how and for whom. Proposing how realist evaluation methods may be incorporated within trials and systematic reviews, this approach provides useful evidence to inform policy and scientific advancement.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Why are trials and systematic reviews necessary but insufficient to inform health policy?; 3. Realist critiques and manifesto for evaluation and reviews; 4. Building realist theory in evaluations; 5. Refining realist theory through process evaluations; 6. Testing realist theory through trials or other evaluation designs; 7. Building and refining realist theory in systematic reviews; 8. Testing realist theory through synthesising outcome evaluations; 9. Using evidence to inform intervention scale-up and transfer; 10. Using evidence to refine middle range theory; Conclusions.

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