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Table 3 Included frameworks grouped by decade of publication and source

From: A scoping review of evaluation frameworks and their applicability to real-world physical activity and dietary change programme evaluation

 

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2018

Academic Literature1

Evaluation of Health Education [58]

Evaluation of Healthy Community Initiatives [59]

Health Workers Guide [60]

Realistic Evaluation [20]

Utilization-Focused Evaluation [61]

Framework for Outcome Assessment [62]

Intervention Mapping [47, 63]

MMIPP [64]

PRECEDE-PROCEED [46, 51]

Stages of Evaluation Model [33, 65]

Principles for Evaluating Community HP [66]

RE-AIM [19]

California Healthy Cities Framework [67]

Setting Standards [34]

Community Initiative Evaluation Model [68, 69]

Evaluation in Health Promotion [70]

Formative Model of Service Evaluation [71]

Planning, Implementation & Evaluation Model [72]

Process Evaluation for Public Health [73]

Six Step Guide to Process Evaluation [74]

Concepts in process evaluation [75]

Evaluating Legacy of community health initiatives [76]

Getting to Outcomes [77]

HEBS Framework [14]

Levels of Coalition Evaluation [78]

Participative Framework Health Inequalities [79]

Participation, Partnerships & Equity [80]

Settings for Health Promotion [49]

Well Connected [81]

Cross-site Evaluation Tool [82]

Empowerment Framework in Nutrition [83]

Evaluating Complex Community-Based HP [84]

Generic Evaluation Toolkit [85]

Systematic Evaluation Multiple Components [86]

Contextual Factors Framework [50]

Coordinated Action Checklist [87]

Multilevel Framework [88]

OPEN tool [89]

Process Evaluation in Group Settings [90]

Process Evaluation Cluster Randomised Trials [91]

Supportive Social Environments for Health [92]

Three Dimensional Health Cube [93]

Grey Literature1

WHO Recommendations [94]

Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook [95]

Logic Model Development Guide [48]

NICE Guidance: Behaviour Change [96]

Evaluating Community Projects [97]

Framework for Community Health [98]

Evaluating Sport & Physical Activity [99]

Health Planners Toolkit [100]

LEAP [101]

Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook [102]

Sport England Evaluation Framework [103]

SEF for Weight Management [18]

Better Evaluation [104]

Centre TRT’s Framework [105]

Community Toolbox [106]

Evaluation Works: a toolkit [107]

Public Health England (PHE) Guide [108]

Magenta Book [109]

Ontario Evaluation Workbook [110]

Victoria Govt DoH Framework [111]

GPAT [112]

SEF for Dietary Interventions [17]

SEF for Physical Activity [16]

Both

CDC Framework [15, 52]

MRC Complex Intervention Guidance [53, 54]

Impact Pathway Analysis (PIPA) [56, 57, 113]

MRC Process Evaluation Guidance [12, 35, 55]

MRC Natural Experiments [114, 115]

GENIE [116, 117]

  1. Italics = flexible guidance, Normal text = frameworks formatted as steps, Bold = frameworks formatted as a set of indicators
  2. 1Academic literature included journal articles and books. Grey literature was defined as all other printed and electronic documents published by organisations and agencies