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Table 9 Selecting the policy categories to support the intervention delivery

From: Development of a context-sensitive physical activity intervention for persons living with HIV and AIDS of low socioeconomic status using the behaviour change wheel

Intervention function

COM-B component

Potentially useful policy categories

Does the policy category meet the APEASE criteria?

Education

Psychological capability; reflective motivation

Communication/marketing

Too expensive, since persons of low income are more likely to be of low literacy levels, as well as being unemployed, so they may not be able to read or access relevant information, including communication technologies.

Guidelines

No, PA guidelines for PLWHA already exist.

Regulation

Possibly in the long term, but not at the present time, because rules or principles of practice can only be established over time.

Legislation

Not practicable in this context, as the intervention does not aim to make or change laws.

Service provision

Yes, and very practicable, because the intervention designers aim to deliver a service to PLWHA of low SES.

Incentivisation

Reflective motivation; automatic motivation

Communication/marketing

Too expensive, since the participants are of low income or unemployed and of low literacy levels and not able to read or afford information communication technologies.

Guidelines

No, PA guidelines for PLWHA already exist.

Fiscal measures

Not relevant in this context, this policy uses the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost in order to change behaviour.

Regulation

Possible in the long term, but not present moment, because this policy seeks to establish rules or principles of behaviour.

Legislation

Not practicable in this context, since the intervention does not seek to make or change laws.

Service provision

Yes, very practicable, because the intervention designers aims to deliver a service to PLWHA of low SES.

Training

Physical capability; psychological capability; automatic motivation; physical opportunity

Guidelines

No, PA guidelines for PLWHA already exist.

Fiscal measures

Not relevant in this context, since this policy uses the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost in order to change behaviour.

Regulation

Possible in the long term, but not at the present time, because rules or principles of practice can only be established over time.

Legislation

Not practicable in this context, since the intervention does not seek to make or change laws

Service provision

Yes, very practicable, because the intervention designers aim to deliver a service to PLWHA of low SES.

Modelling

Psychological capability; reflective motivation; automatic motivation; social opportunity

Communication/marketing

Too expensive, since the participants are of low income or unemployed and of low literacy levels so they may not be able to read or afford information communication technologies

Service provision

Yes, very practicable, because the intervention designers aim to deliver a service to PLWHA of low SES.

Enablement

Psychological capability; reflective motivation; automatic motivation; physical opportunity; social opportunity

Guidelines

No, PA guidelines for PLWHA already exist

Fiscal measures

Not relevant in this context, since this policy uses the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost in order to change behaviour.

Regulation

Possible in the long term, but not at the present time, because rules or principles of practice can only be established over time

Legislation

Not practicable in this context, since the intervention does not seek to make or change laws.

Service provision

Yes, very practicable, because the intervention designers aim to deliver a service to PLWHA of low SES.

Policy category selected: Service provision

  1. Adapted from Michie et al. with permission from authors [29]. APEASE = affordability, practicability, effectiveness and cost effectiveness, acceptability, side effects and safety, and equity