REALISE

Realist Evaluation Advancement Lab for Implementation Strategy Explanations

Duration of project - 2023 to 2028

Project Brief

The REALISE team at IPH Bengaluru studies evidence-based Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) policy and programme implementation at micro, meso and macro levels across different contexts using the realist evaluation approach. Lastly, in year 3 and 4 of the project, a community-based intervention targeting one of the risk factors of NCDs will be developed and implemented and the learnings will be documented.

Objectives

This research study aims to evaluate and explain the implementation of the National Programme for prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) and set up a Realist Evaluation Advancement Lab for Implementation Strategy Explanations (REALISE) to improve the capacity of researchers, public health and relevant cadre officials within the health system to evaluate and strengthen policies using theory driven enquiry methods. It will also study evidence-based Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) policy and programme implementation at micro, meso and macro levels across different contexts using the realist evaluation approach. Lastly, in year 3 and 4 of the project, a community-based intervention targeting one of the risk factors of NCDs will be developed and implemented and the learnings will be documented.

Research Team

Dr. Pragati B Hebbar

Principal Investigator, Assistant Director Research, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Urvi Patel

Research Officer, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Arushi Thapar

Research Officer, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Shwetha K

Data Collector Consultant, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Dr. Shivanand Savatagi

Research Consultant, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Dr Ramya Krishna B M

Junior Project Associate, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Former Members

Dr. Lathadevi Chilgod

Research Officer, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Mentors

Dr. Malabika Sarker

Associate Dean of Global Engagement, Professor of the Practice of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University

Dr. Prashanth NS

Director, Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru

Collaborators

Dr. Brynne Gilmore

Head of Subject for Health Systems and Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin

Dr. Sonu Goel

Professor of Health Management, School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Director, e-Resource Centre for Tobacco Control