REALISE
Realist Evaluation Advancement Lab for Implementation Strategy Explanations
Duration of project
(2023 to 2028)
Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the growing public health concerns with over 41 million deaths globally and 86% or the deaths occurring in low and middle income countries. The major risk factors for NCDs are – tobacco use, poor nutrition, inadequate physical activity and excessive alcohol use. We aim to study and explain the implementation of some of these NCD control policies in India, set up a Realist Evaluation Advancement Lab for Implementation Strategy Explanations (REALISE) lab to build capacity and implement a community based intervention to support implementation of NCD control policies.
Research Team
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Dr. Pragati Hebbar, Principal Investigator
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Dr. Lathadevi Chilgod, Research Officer
Mentors
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Dr. Malabika Sarker, Professor & Associate Dean, Director CoE for Science of Implementation & Scale Up, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
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Dr. Prashanth NS, Health equity cluster lead & DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellow, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru
Collaborators
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Dr. Brynne Gilmore, Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow), UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, Dublin
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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
External Sponsor
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Prof. Bruno Marchal, Professor and Head of the Health Systems Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
Sponsor
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Upendra Bhojani, Director and DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellow, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru