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Hello,
I am a third year Phd student conducting a realist review of art-based interventions for the well-being of refugees. I am at the analysis/synthesis stage and am seeking guidance on whether to analyse the findings in relation to programme theories elicited from within the included studies, or whether to reference programme theories from the wider literature. This would include community art, art therapy, mental health and refugee/migration studies.
I did not start by building an initial programme theory, I began with what I hope was an exhaustive search of all the primary research relating to the subject. My data set contains 4 quantitative studies and 29 qualitative. The studies and the interventions they report are so heterogeneous it is hard to discern much about particular context- mechanism-outcome interrelations ( although there are some common themes). In this body of literature, programme theories are rarely explicit so I am beginning by identifying the various contexts and outcomes, and eliciting possible mechanisms. Perhaps this is what you mean by building a programme theory. I wonder if this might actually be the outcome of the review.
Grateful for any thoughts/ suggestions.
Best wishes, Kate
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