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Table 1 Range of outcomes and methods of measurement for included papers

From: Effectiveness of capacity building interventions relevant to public health practice: a systematic review

Outcomes

Measurement strategies applied in included articles

Knowledge

• Meta-analysis (including effect size or standardized mean difference)

• Interviews (telephone, focus groups, key informant)

• Review of documents (relevant documents, planning and implementation documents)

• Questionnaire (online or hardcopy)

• Written reflections

Understanding

• Questionnaire

Skill

• Meta-analysis (effect size, standardized mean difference)

• Interviews (telephone, focus groups, key informant)

• Review of documents (relevant documents, planning and implementation documents)

• Questionnaire (online or hardcopy)

Leadership (self-efficacy)

• Interviews (telephone)

Confidence (self-efficacy)

• Interviews (telephone, key informant)

• Review of documents (relevant documents)

• Questionnaire (online or hardcopy)

• Pre-post tests

• Evaluation tool

Changes in practice and policies

• Interviews (telephone)

• Questionnaire (online or hardcopy)

Behaviour change

• Questionnaire (derived from CARE measure and Cognitive Therapy Scale)

Application

• Interviews (focus groups)

• Online survey

• Written reflections

Organizational support

• Interviews (telephone)

Perception of system level capacity

• Trauma System Readiness Tool (TSRT)

• Online surveys