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Table 5 Interventions and policies: comparison of facilitating factors and barriersa

From: Views of policy makers and health promotion professionals on factors facilitating implementation and maintenance of interventions and policies promoting physical activity and healthy eating: results of the DEDIPAC project

 

Facilitating factors

Barriers

Interventions

Policies

Interventions

Policies

Adoption

 Training for implementation

 Staff expertise for implementationb

 Adoption in physical environmentc

 Governmental and legal involvementc

 Community use

 Collaboration and communication

Implementation

 Theory useb

 Delivery characteristics: dose and fidelity

 Adjustments and customizations

-

 Simplicity

 Accessibility

 Time issues

 Cultural context

 Costs and funding/resources needed for delivery

 Characteristics of the setting affecting delivery/implementationb

 Implementers’ characteristics affecting implementationb

 Implementations process evaluation

 Other factors

Maintenance

 Dissemination

 Staff and stakeholders: Training for transferb

 Differences in healthcare systems across countriesb

 Long-term funding and political supportc

  1. aResults in the table summarize the main results
  2. bOnly for interventions
  3. cOnly for policies