Realist research to inform pharmacy practice and policy

Abstract

Theory-driven implementation and evaluation of pharmacy services can enhance their contribution to overall healthcare. As complex interventions most pharmacy practice programmes and services will be adopted and modified during their implementation into various healthcare contexts and systems. Realist approaches to theory-driven evaluation consider these variations in programmes, interventions and the contexts of their implementation and establish theories on how they work best, for whom and why. This paper illustrates the practical application of the realist philosophy of science to pharmacy practice relevant areas of healthcare using two case studies, a realist synthesis of existing literature on medication reviews and a realist review and evaluation related to medicines management. Applying realist logic establishes causative explanations of what could be essential factors in the success of programmes, enabling policy makers in their decision-making and pharmacy practice researchers as well as practitioners in optimising service design.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.026
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Pharmacy School
College of Health & Life Sciences > Chronic and Communicable Conditions
College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: © 2021, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Funding: MEMORABLE was funded by the HS&DR Programme (project number 15/137/ 01) and the full report is available in NIHR Journals Library. It presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. The views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Healthcare,Methods,Pharmacy,Realist,Research,Pharmacy,Pharmaceutical Science
Publication ISSN: 1934-8150
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2024 08:29
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2021 12:12
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2021-12
Published Online Date: 2021-07-03
Accepted Date: 2021-06-29
Authors: Luetsch, Karen
Maidment, Ian (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4152-9704)
Twigg, Michael
Rowett, Debra

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