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Table 1 NIHR funded evaluations of CLAHRCs

From: Learning from the emergence of NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs): a systematic review of evaluations

Title, years and funding

Design

Final report and related outputs

HS&DR-09/1809/1073: A formative evaluation of Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC): institutional entrepreneurship for service innovation [12]

2009–2012

£550,000

PI: Prof Andy Lockett

Longitudinal mixed methods. Qualitative case studies combined interview data (174 in total across all nine CLAHRCs and 4 in-depth sites), archival data and observations, over a 4-year period.

Quantitative social network analysis (SNA) to capture key actors individual networks of interaction across two points in time (2011, n = 81; 2013, n = 86).

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr02310/#/abstract

Currie et al. (2013) [17]

Currie et al. (2014) [16]

Oborn et al. (2013) [18]

Racko (2018) [19]

HS&DR-09/1809/1075: Networked innovation in the health sector: comparative qualitative study of the role of Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in translating research into practice [14]

2010–2013

£575,000

PI: Prof Harry Scarborough

Mixed-methods in 2 temporal phases. Qualitative in-depth case studies with 3 CLAHRCs and 3 similarly networked innovation initiatives in the USA and Canada.

Semi-structured interviews with key participants across CLAHRC cases (phase 1, n = 67; phase 2, n = 42) and North American cases (phase 1, n = 67; phase 2, n = 42)

Social network analysis via the use of survey instruments across two time points with CLAHRCs (phase 1, n = 261/367; phase 2, n = 211/333) and one time point with one North American case (n = 39/77)

Analysis of cognitions via the use of a cognitive mapping tool

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr02130/#/abstract

D’Andreta et al. (2013) [21]

D’Andreta et al. (2016) [20]

Evans and Scarbrough (2014) [22]

HS&DR-09/1809/1072: Collective action for knowledge mobilisation: a realist evaluation of the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care [13]

2010–2014

£600,000

PI: Prof Jo Rycroft-Malone

Longitudinal realist evaluation involving hypothesis generation, refining, testing and programme theory specification.

Data derived from in-depth case studies of 3 CLAHRCs over four phases of data collection.

Involved semi-interviews (n = 114 in total across all 4 phases), observation of one board meeting and two feedback sessions, documentary analysis and an interpretive forum involving members of seven CLAHRCs and other stakeholders (n = 28).

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr03440/#/abstract

Protocol published 2011 [60]

Rycroft-Malone et al. (2013) [24]

Rycroft-Malone et al. (2016) [23]

HS&DR-09/1809/1074: Delivering the aims of the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care: understanding their strategies and contributions [15]

2009–2012

£465,000

PI: Dr. Ellen Nolte

Mixed methods in two temporal phases.

Phase 1 mapping involved documentary analysis in combination with interviews with senior individuals, workshops, mini-conferences and/or non-participant observation of key meetings (n = 48 participants across all nine CLAHRCs).

Phase 2 explored three research questions identified in phase 1 through a stakeholder survey of six CLAHRCs (n = 242), in-depth case studies of two CLAHRCs (n = 29), validation interviews with all nine CLAHRCs and the funder (n = 18), and document review.

https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr03250/#/abstract

Ling et al. (2011) [25]

Soper et al. (2013) [26]