Table 3.
General characteristics of innovations (N = 240)
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Country of innovationsa | ||
| Canada | 108 | 45.0 % |
| Australia | 98 | 40.8 % |
| Other | 34 | 14.2 % |
| Sectors involved | ||
| Health | 171 | 71.3 % |
| Social | 1 | 0.4 % |
| Both | 68 | 28.3 % |
| Population groups targetedb | ||
| Low income individuals/families | 70 | 35.0 % |
| People living with a chronic disease | 66 | 33.0 % |
| Homeless people | 56 | 28.0 % |
| Indigenous | 55 | 27.5 % |
| People living with a mental health illness | 52 | 26.0 % |
| Refugees | 43 | 21.5 % |
| Culturally And Linguistically Diverse communities | 34 | 17.0 % |
| Drug users | 34 | 17.0 % |
| Elderly | 34 | 17.0 % |
| Children/Adolescents | 32 | 16.0 % |
| People with disability | 24 | 12.0 % |
| Victims of violence/abuse | 21 | 10.5 % |
| Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex | 15 | 7.5 % |
| Pregnant women/maternal health | 11 | 5.5 % |
| Remote/rural communities | 9 | 4.5 % |
| No particular population group targeted | 26 | 10.8 % |
| Multiple population groups targeted | 102 | 51.0 % |
| Other | 20 | 10.0 % |
| Settings where innovations are deliveredb | ||
| Setting Community Health Centre | 122 | 50.8 % |
| Setting General Practice/Family Medicine Group | 96 | 40.0 % |
| Setting Mobile clinic/Outreach | 70 | 29.2 % |
| Setting at the Home | 64 | 26.7 % |
| Setting NGO | 50 | 20.8 % |
| Setting Telephone | 43 | 17.9 % |
| Setting Hospital | 41 | 17.1 % |
| Setting Online | 21 | 8.8 % |
| Setting School/educational facility | 10 | 4.2 % |
| Setting Shelter | 8 | 3.3 % |
| Setting Other | 47 | 19.6 % |
| Innovation delivered in multiple settings | 137 | 57.1 % |
| Implementation level | ||
| Micro | 217 | 90.4 % |
| Meso | 17 | 7.1 % |
| Macro | 6 | 2.5 % |
| Sources of fundingb | ||
| Financed by Government | 182 | 76.8 % |
| Financed by Non-for-profit | 72 | 30.4 % |
| Financed by Private sector | 21 | 8.9 % |
| Financed - I don’t know | 19 | 8.0 % |
| Financed by User payment | 12 | 5.1 % |
| Financed - by other | 26 | 11.0 % |
| Number of funding sources involved | ||
| 1 | 163 | 68.8 % |
| 2 | 58 | 24.5 % |
| 3 | 11 | 4.6 % |
| 4 | 5 | 2.1 % |
aCameroon, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sudan, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain/Northern Ireland, United States of America
bMultiple responses allowed for this question