Positive deviance/hearth intervention in collaboration between academia and NGOs: a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Numerous NGOs and donors from high-income countries (HICs) offer diverse funding to assist LMICs. A collaborative effort in nutrition programs in urban communities was conducted by an international NGO with a local university, representing the NGO's first mode of partnership with academia. This study used realist evaluation to understand how and why Positive Deviance/Hearth intervention conducted by NGOs collaborated with university work or failed to work in urban population. We uncovered the underlying mechanisms that lead to certain outcomes in different situations of academia-NGO partnership. The initial program theory was formulated after discussions with main program officers from both NGO and academia. We conducted stakeholder interviews and FGD, along with validation and reviewing s

SUBMITTER: Putri NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature