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    Realist methodology in practice: translational findings from two realist syntheses

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    Publication TypeJournal articleAbstractThe author is currently conducting two rapid Realist Syntheses, one to identify the theoretical bases of closed-circuit television (CCTV) to reduce alcohol-related assault in the night time economy, and the other to identify dimensions of evaluation to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of a number of services in northern Australia which address homelessness and alcohol-harm reduction. The CCTV project grew out of a “completed” Realist Evaluation; the homelessness and alcohol-harm project is the foundation for a future Realist Evaluation. This paper will examine how the Realist Synthesis protocols have been applied both retrospectively, and to inform the future Realist Evaluation. Each evaluation aims to understand how specific interventions work, or don’t work, using the explanatory structure of generative causation. Key findings are: that precise definitions of the programs’ outcomes are crucial to retrospectively applying the Realist Synthesis methodology; that the realist methodology can embed a continuous quality improvement process in the funding organisation once these outcomes are defined, making research engagement more effective; that the outcomes (and causal mechanisms) lie at different systemic levels, both internal and external to the organisation; and that this last point is something people within the funding organisation intuitively grasp, but have had difficulty articulating. AuthorPointing, S.B.Date2014Publication CollectionNorthern Institute - Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social ContextsVolume14/ 2014Page Number60-81CopyrightCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.Suggested CitationPointing, S.B. (2014). Realist methodology in practice: translational findings from two realist syntheses. Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts [Special Issue: Evaluation], 14, 60-81. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18793/LCJ2014.14.05.ISSNISSN 1329-1440 (online)ISSN 2202-7904 (print)PublisherFaculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITYPlace of PublicationDarwin
    Pointing, S.B., Realist methodology in practice: translational findings from two realist syntheses (2014). Charles Darwin University, accessed 06/02/2023, https://digitalcollections.cdu.edu.au/nodes/view/4761
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