Background Indigenous populations across the world are more likely to suffer from poor
health outcomes when compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Although these …

Background This protocol describes a realist review exploring the problem of “missingness”
in healthcare, defined as the repeated tendency not to take up offers of care that has a …

Our previous work identified that nine leading guidance documents for seven different types
of systematic review advocated the same process of literature searching. We defined and …

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) in healthcare is regarded as important by professionals,
as it increases the quality of care while decreasing costs. Interprofessional education (IPE) is …

Physical activity program interventions often lack sensitivity to the needs of older immigrant
adults. The objective of this systematic realist review is to explain how, why, for whom, and …

Background Screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has been identified as a
promising approach to improve recognition, understanding and effective response to the …

Many people are living in prison with a range of social care needs, for example, requiring
support with washing, eating, getting around safely, and/or maintaining relationships …

Introduction Internationally, healthcare improvement remains a clinical and educational
priority. Consensus in Europe, Canada and the USA to implement quality improvement (QI) …

Introduction Internationally, healthcare improvement remains a clinical and educational
priority. Consensus in Europe, Canada and the USA to implement quality improvement (QI) …

Earlier in this book, you were introduced to two research paradigms, post-positivism and
constructivism (see Chapter 3). In this chapter, we will introduce another approach, realism …