Table 4.

Strategies to strategically target decision makers

∙Develop knowledge of influential networks that elected and appointed officials are situated within, including key decision makers’ colleagues, community and business affiliations, donors and political supporters( 12 ).

∙In these networks, identify the least resistant part of the policy nexus and target evidence towards this entry point( 21 ).

∙Encourage support from a wide range of politicians as policy is more likely to be enacted if there is bipartisan support( 50 ).

∙Progressive parties are more likely to support public health nutrition initiatives; this may mean waiting for a change in government or targeting a different level of government which may have a more supportive political environment( 68 ).

∙Target decision makers as senior as possible as the higher level of bureaucracy is where policy is being formed and they are more open to innovation( 48 ).

∙Target bureaucrats and politicians with personal experience of the issue( 45 ).