
Ferdinand Mukumbang
@Mcferdious
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Assistant Professor in Global Health and lmplementation Sciences
Cape Town, South africa
Joined January 2013
RT @seyeabimbola: Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories
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RT @UW_START: For @UW_START Faculty Lead Dr. Ferdinand Mukumbang @Mcferdious, understanding the ethnography of an intervention is as import….
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RT @seyeabimbola: "We prefer to die by airstrike. But not to watch our families die slowly from hunger.". The conclusion to The Foreign Gaz….
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RT @realisteval: The authors argue that Indigenous realist evaluation is a promising pathway toward decolonising research partnerships, esp….
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RT @realisteval: The Indigenous realist approach reframes evaluation as a tool not only to understand “what works for whom in what contexts….
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RT @realisteval: Indigenous principles like reflexivity and rights and regulations added methodological value. For instance, transcript rev….
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RT @realisteval: Key contexts enabling these mechanisms were:. Partner allyship.Shared interests/priorities.Intentional design for equity….
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RT @realisteval: Indigenous realist evaluation retains initial programme theories (IPTs), realist interviewing, and retroduction, but centr….
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RT @realisteval: In this paradigm, colonialism and its power structures are treated as causal forces—"real" and "actual"—with visible and i….
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RT @realisteval: The Indigenous realist stance recognises Bhaskar’s three domains (empirical, actual, real) and integrates emancipatory goa….
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RT @realisteval: Fourth in our series of threads on #RealistMethods. How can realist evaluation meaningfully contribute to decolonisation?….
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Background: Evaluation theory and practice have great potential in catalysing transformative change and furthering decoloniality in [global] health research in ...
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RT @dadasara3: Join me & @Mcferdious now at the @therealisthub! #realist #research #methods #photovoice
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RT @shashikaLB: “There is growing consensus among experts: current debt policies in many developing countries are serving financial markets….
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There is an urgent need to rethink financial structures that are failing billions of people
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RT @dadasara3: Excited to share one of my FINAL #PhD papers is officially published! This was an interesting one to write because how we de….
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RT @MukomaWaNgugi: It tears my heart to say that my father, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o passed away earlier today. I am me because of him in so many….
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What an outstanding work @dadasara3 Ecited to see the first application of our Realist Photovoice Techique application. I'm super proud of you.
🔍Through observations, interviews, focus groups, & realist photovoice with 50 participants in 2 sites in Zambia, this #realist #evaluation presents 7⃣ program theories explaining why/how #communication in #communityengagement works for #MNH🤰. Check out ➡️
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RT @realisteval: This new realist review protocol by @Mcferdious and colleagues seeks to explain how, why, for whom, and under what health….
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Introduction Formulating and implementing mental health policy is foundational to public mental health. The implementation of mental health policy varies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),...
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Mechanism-Based Middle-Range Theories: Using Realist Syntheses to Reconcile Specificity to Context and Generalizability @realisteval @therealisthub @RealistProject .
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Reviewer 2: "I believe it is an idea that qualitative health researchers will appreciate reflecting on as they continue to develop increasingly sophisticated ways of thinking through complex questions like generalizability and evidence application."
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Realist synthesis is a recognized methodological approach to evidence synthesis to inform evidence-based health policy and practice. The implicit assumption beh...
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RT @seyeabimbola: Here's my Foreword to The Elgar Companion to Health and the SDGs, based on Bette Midler's "From a Distance". The song is….
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