Table 1.

Themes, definitions, operationalization of implementation outcomes, and excerpt inclusion criteria for each outcome.

IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOME/THEME	EQUIR DEFINITION	OPERATIONALIZATION	EXCERPT INCLUSION CRITERIA
Adoption	The intention or utilization of key elements for implementation	The initial decision and main mechanisms to execute the intervention	The excerpts referring to the intention, initial decision or action to try to employ a new intervention
Fidelity	Adherence of disadvantaged populations to the original intervention	How the intervention evolved and changed as challenges were encountered	Excerpts referring to the degree to which the intervention was implemented as it was designed in an original protocol, plan, or policy. In this emergency case, no such plans or protocols existed at the outset. This criterion captures the decision-making iterations that built the final response, highlighting the elements of improvisation and “learning as you go”
Cost	Financial and non-financial costs involved in the implementation of equity-focused elements	Elements of the intervention requiring goods, and human or financial resources	Excerpts referencing any goods involved in the delivery of the strategy; personnel, as well as mentions to the purchase or donation of goods and inputs, e.g. any mention of human and financial resources, number of goods such as water tanks, bottles, and liters
Acceptability	Satisfaction of stakeholders with the implementation	Reactions to the government strategy	Excerpts referencing the perception of stakeholders (e.g. consumers, providers, managers, policy-makers)
Coverage	Degree of reach, access, and coverage of the intervention among the disadvantaged population	Rationale to define the target population	Excerpts regarding the degree to which the population that was eligible to benefit from the strategy actually received it
Feasibility	Extent to which a program can be carried out in any setting, especially among disadvantaged populations	Contextual characteristics that resulted in variations in the implementation of the intervention	Excerpts mentioning the extent to which the strategy could be carried out in specific settings
Appropriateness	Relevance or perceived fit of the implementation in the disadvantaged population	Common barriers in the target population to using the intervention	Excerpts that mention the perceived fit or relevance of the intervention in a particular setting or for a particular target audience (e.g. provider or consumer)
Sustainability	Maintenance, continuation, or durability of the program through short, medium, and long-term strategies	Actions that originated during the emergency and remain in place	Excerpts referring to the extent to which elements of the intervention were maintained or institutionalized in a given setting