Table 1 Type of initiative
Category | Definition of category | # of papers | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Education / support program | A programme to education or support the individual(s), either patient / population or workforce. For example, the education initiative to improve healthy lifestyles with a focus on school children [33] | 414 | 26% |
Service reform | A change or addition to a health service, ie improved patient flow redesign or additional outpatient clinic. For example, the description of Shanghai’s service reforms [34] | 366 | 23% |
Change to physical environment | A change to the physical environment to change the world in which the individual interacts. For example, Los Angeles banning fast-food restaurants [35] | 336 | 21% |
Comprehensive | The initiative was described as, and believed to be, a comprehensive initiative (ie more than one single initiative) and / or it contained more than one of these 6 categories. For example, the urban health strategy in Detroit [36] | 124 | 8% |
Digital / IT / Data | A digital or data initiative, or the use of IT more generally, to improve health or healthcare | 92 | 6% |
Not stated / unclear | There was not an initiative or if there was it was not stated in the title or abstract. For example, Taipei’s multi-channel digital risk communications to prevent the spread of a communicable disease [37] | 282 | 17% |