Critical reflections on realist review: Insights from customizing the methodology to the needs of participatory research assessment

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-141

  Jagosh, Justin ^a   Pluye, Pierre ^a   Wong, Geoff ^b   Cargo, Margaret ^c   Salsberg, Jon ^a   Bush, Paula L ^a   Herbert, Carol P ^d   Green, Lawrence W ^e   Greenhalgh, Trish ^b   Macaulay, Ann C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context mechanism outcome configuring; Critical realism; Health research; Middle range theory; Participatory research; Realist review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84897064978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1099     Document Type: Article

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