Hi Sweatha,

 

I think sometimes it helps to think about review findings as ‘literature ideals’*. You are then testing these in practice, in the real world, in an evaluation. With this in mind, I think so long as you reference your review, you could use your refined programme theories from the review as a starting point for the evaluation, with maybe just a general background about how you got to this point.

 

* Although some realist reviews incorporate stakeholders throughout and aren’t really reflections of literature ideals, but this is just one way to think about it in a simple format to try to get your head around how you are approaching the analysis of the evaluation.

 

I think the main thing is to be transparent in what you do.

 

Hope this helps J

 

Best wishes,

Sonia

 

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Hi All, 

 

I'm wondering if someone could please provide a good example of a realist evaluation manuscript that tests initial program theories from a previous realist synthesis/review? 

 

Assuming the reader has not read the realist review manuscript, how much detail should one provide about the initial program theories in their RE manuscript? 

 

I have 8 program theories from my review findings which I test in my realist evaluation. At present I have these listed as CMOs in a table at the beginning of my methods section. I have referenced my review and discussed how these have informed the evaluation. 

 

Please let me know if there is a better way of doing this. Any examples will be a huge help! 

 

Thanks, 

Sweatha 

 

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