We conducted a theory-driven and structured narrative review of systematic reviews of a comprehensive set of community development strategies for child health.
To provide a succinct guide for community pediatric efforts to advance the wellbeing of all children and particularly disadvantaged children in a community, we conducted a theory-driven and structured narrative review to synthesize published systematic and meta-analytic reviews of policy-relevant, local-level strategies addressing potent and malleable influences on child health and development.
Where the programme theory has not been documented, conducting a theory evaluation offers a foundational evaluation step as it gives an indication of whether the theory behind a programme is sound.
Between 2008 and 2012, sociologist Sandy To, while at the University of Cambridge, conducted a 'grounded theory method' study in China regarding the topic.
In 2007 Pedersen et al. [ 19] conducted a grounded theory study to gain a deeper understanding of how people living near wind turbines perceive and are affected by them.
Following the thematic analysis we conducted a further theory-driven analysis of the data guided by the four main constructs of NPT (coherence, cognitive participation, collective action and reflexive monitoring).
We conducted a qualitative grounded theory study to understand how mothers experience and manage distress in Dhanusha, a low-resource setting in rural Nepal.
The scans were conducted after a theory proposed in October by the British Egyptologist, Dr Nicholas Reeves, speculating that beyond Tutankhamun's chamber could lie the tomb of Nefertiti, who died in the 14th century BC.
The dewatering characterisation of water treatment sludges from an Antarctic contaminated site was conducted using a theory of suspension dewatering developed by Buscall, Landman and White.
Gray et al. conducted a study of the theory of continuity of care, however, and suggested that continuity of care could provide benefits to patients by reinforcing the accumulation of patient knowledge, improving interpersonal communication, and increasing the likelihood that patients adhere to their doctors' advice [ 37].
We also conducted a brief review on theories about the pathophysiology of this rare condition.
