Table 1 Study overview – frameworks, methods, tools, participants, and repeats

SI.1

Literature review

1

HALL framework

Interviews

Network Analysis Tool

14 CSCs¹

6

Timeline Method

Levels of Collaborations Survey

Focus groups

Coordinated Action Checklist

14 CSCs¹ and professionals in their alliances

3

Timeline Method

SI.2

ADEPT model

Document analysis

Checklist based on ADEPT model

4

Interviews

Local public health capacity mapping checklist

9 policymakers of the selected municipalities

1

SI.3

Focus groups

Effect arena

14 CSCs¹, their alliances and residents

2

SII.1

Interviews

14 CSCs¹

6

SII.2

Literature study

1

Delphi study

Representative sample of the following professions; general practitioner, practitioner nurse, physiotherapist, coordinator social neighborhood team, public health policy coordinator, trainers, chairmen of sports clubs, CSCs¹ and lifestyle programs participants

3–4

SII.3

Toronto Model

Fitness tests

Adults who participate in lifestyle programs arranged by, or with the help of, the CSC¹

3

Conceptual framework

Questionnaires