Final versions of NPT papers now published
Two key Normalization Process Theory papers have now been published in final form, and the manuscript versions previously available on Carl May's academia.edu page are going to be taken down soon. The published articles can be found at:
May C, Finch T: Implementation, embedding, and integration: an outline of Normalization Process Theory. Sociology 2009, 43(3):535-554.
May C, Mair FS, Finch T, MacFarlane A, Dowrick C, Treweek S, Rapley T, Ballini L, Ong BN, Rogers A et al: Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory. Implementation Science 2009, 4(29).
How NPT was developed
May 19, 2009
One problem for students and researchers interested in evaluating theories in the social sciences is understanding the trajectory of their development. Because theory is so important in explaining and understanding social phenomena we need to know how they are put together and operationalized. This helps us adjudicate on the claims of theorists about their work, its validity, and its practical usefulness.
The network of researchers that are working on developing Normalization Process Theory have just published a paper on developing Normalization Process Theory in the open access journal Implementation Science that describes the work of defining and developing NPT - it shows how the theory was organized and enacted practically in a series of well defined discrete tasks that ran from the development of a set of empirical generalizations about telemedicine systems to a fully formed middle range theory of implementation and integration.
Developing an on-line resource for Normalization Process Theory
May 11, 2009
In the UK, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has funded the further development of an on-line users manual and web-based tools that will assist researchers, clinicians, and managers in employing NPT. This is a major investment by the ESRC, and over the next 12 months it will involve authoring an on-line users' manual for NPT, developing a set of web-enabled tools for users, and will conclude with a major symposium.
International collaborators include Anne MacFarlane (NUI Galway), Luciana Ballini (Bolgna), Jane Gunn (Melbourne), Mary Ellen Purkis (Victoria), France Legare (Montreal), and Victor Montori (the Mayo Clinic).We have published the Protocol for the project on-line.