BACKGROUND There is growing interest in theory-driven, qualitative and mixed-method approaches to systematic review as an alternative to (or to extend and supplement) conventional Cochrane-style reviews. These approaches offer the potential to expand the knowledge base in policy-relevant areas - for example by explaining the success, failure or mixed fortunes of complex interventions. However, ...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based guidelines published by health authorities for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (PA), continue to be implemented unsuccessfully and demonstrate a gap between evidence and policies. This review synthesizes evidence on factors influencing delivery, adoption and implementation of PA promotion guidelines within different policy sectors (e.g., health, tra...

INTRODUCTION Care home residents are relatively high users of healthcare resources and may have complex needs. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) may benefit care home residents and improve efficiency of care delivery. This is an approach to care in which there is a thorough multidisciplinary assessment (physical and mental health, functioning and physical and social environments) and a c...

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize literatures on stress, social support, symbolic interaction, and de Certeau as they pertain to the recovery of a homosexually‐identified individual from a homophobic interaction. A model of the initial stressful interaction as well as the interaction between a homosexually‐identified individual and his socially‐supportive network is posited with the co...

Although organisational interventions have shown promising results in improving employees' health and wellbeing, reviews of the effectiveness such conclude are inconsistent. Realist synthesis is considered an appropriate method literature review to improve consistency empirical evidence by developing generalisable statements ‘what works for whom which circumstances’. In this article, identify s...

There is cause for celebration in 2017 for some realist researchers and evaluators as it is the 20th anniversary of the publication of Realistic Evaluation by Pawson and Tilley.1 Whilst this may be the case, there is still a high chance that realistic evaluation (or realist evaluation as it is now more commonly referred to) will be unfamiliar to many public health practitioners and researchers....