Table 3.

COACH Checklist Provides Guidance on Factors to Consider When Working Through Each Phase of COACH

Checklist
COACH phases	Component	Checklist for implementing COACH
Stakeholder engagement, evidence collection, and governance	Challenge identified	Has the key area of concern been identified by stakeholders?
	Governance and accountability	Is there an existing relevant stakeholder network? Are key stakeholders represented in this network? Is there clear and apparent strategic leadership within the governance group? Are there strategies for relationship building among the stakeholders? Is a formal memorandum of understanding or agreement required? Have terms of reference been set?
	Stakeholder engagement	Have all relevant community stakeholders been identified? Have the benefits and commitments of engagement with this initiative being fully communicated? Are there well-defined roles and responsibilities for the stakeholders? Have ethical approval, organizational consent, relevant privacy considerations been met as relevant? Have relevant secretarial functions been planned (e.g., meetings, resources)?
	Appraisal	Do you have access to appropriate valid and reliable tools to measure and assess change in the food environment? What are they and when will they be used? E.g., Store Scout App, Healthy diets ASAP tool Nutrition Environment Measure Survey https://nems-upenn.org/publications/
Communication policy alignment and development	Communication and information sharing	Are there clear communication mechanisms among the stakeholders? Are communication plans and strategies developed across multiple media as relevant to the particular stakeholders/communities?
	Policy and organizational policy	Is there a government policy that needs to be implemented that the initiative aligns with? Is there an organizational policy in existence or could one be developed to support implementation and sustainment? For example, Healthy Stores 2020 Policy Action Series: healthy Stores 2020 Policy Action series: healthy policy to support retailers and communities (healthyfoodretail.com) https://foodenvironmentdashboard.com.au/
Codesign of evidence-informed action and implementation planning	Codesign and prioritization of proposed actions	Has group model building or other co-design methodology, e.g., focus groups been used to develop a shared understanding of the drivers of the issue and of potential solutions to this issue? Has relevant software or resources been acquired, e.g., STICKE software, or paper-based resources.
	Implementation and evaluation planning	Have appropriate validated and reliable tools been identified and accessed to measure and assess change in the food environment?
		Are there defined roles and responsibilities for the stakeholders with regards to each action? Are there clear processes and implementation strategies for planning and implementing action? Is there commitment from key community leaders to support the action plan proposed? Have relevant implementation frameworks been considered?
	Implementation	Is there a clear method of prioritization for action?
	Feedback	Has progress been mapped to the ‘action plan’ to assess implementation progress? Has feedback to stakeholders/community been conducted and communicated? Have new barriers and enablers been identified? Is the key area of concern still your central focus?
Momentum continuous quality improvement cycle	Monitoring and evaluation	Have the post evaluation results been fed back to the governance group? Have the post evaluation results been communicated to stakeholders? Have the post-evaluation results been checked for policy alignment? Repeat appraisal (e.g., Store Scout App, Healthy diets ASAP tool Nutrition Environment Measure Survey https://nems-upenn.org/publications/)

COACH, CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health.