Table 1 Literature search criteria

Search terms included

1. Area of focus: (Health promotion OR Public health OR Primary Prevention OR Secondary prevention)

AND

2. Activity: (Scalability OR Scale up OR Scaling up OR Adoption OR Translational research OR Dissemination OR Interventional /Intervention research OR Diffusion)

AND

3. Condition type: (Cardiovascular OR Diabetes Mellitus OR Physical Activity OR Obesity OR Nutrition OR Diet OR Smoking OR Smoker OR Smoke OR Exercise OR Physical Inactivity OR Overweight OR Chronic Disease OR Non-communicable disease)

Search key areas excluded

Cancer, HIV, Maternal and Child health, Developing countries