International Internal Medicine Journal(IIMJ)

Independent Academic Researcher, Perth WA, Australia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Designing Digital Interventions for Midlife Dementia Risk Reduction: A Realist Framework Incorporating Futures Theory and Interpretative Engagement
  Author(s): Peter Careyr*
  
  Public health messages about modifiable dementia risk factors often assume that information alone will change behaviour. Recent evidence suggests otherwise: public knowledge of these factors is limited, and gains in knowledge do not reliably become lasting lifestyle change [1]. This article examines the contribution of Dr Peter Carey, whose 2026 programme of scholarship applies realist evaluation to digital dementia education and brings into health the futures thinking developed in his education research [2-4]. Instead of creating new Context-Mechanism-Outcome (CMO) reasoning, it builds upon current CMO reasoning. Carey specifies the mechanism in digital education as the user’s interpretative engagement, supported by entertainment and Futures Theory, and proposes behavioral readiness as the intended intermediate outcome [5,6]. Three illustrative scenarios covering diet, physical.. Read More»
  

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