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. 2017 Nov 14;12:130. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0659-8

Table 2.

Search Terms for each Database

Databases Search terms—combined with ‘AND’
School Implementation Intervention/change Health
Cochrane Library
EMBASE Via OVID
ERIC Via EBSCO host
Medline Via EBSCO host
SCOPUS
Web of Science Via Thomson Reuters
school* implement* OR adopt* OR integrate* OR normali* improvement* OR innovation OR knowledge* OR organisational change* OR quality improvement OR readiness to change* OR behaviour change* OR intervention* OR school based intervention* health*
CINAHL Via EBSCO host school* implement* OR adopt* OR integrate* OR normali* CINAHL Search Terms: Health Behaviour exp. OR Behavioural Changes OR Behaviour Modification exp. OR Health Education Key Words: improvement* OR innovation OR knowledge* OR organisational change* OR quality improvement OR readiness to change* OR behaviour change* OR intervention* OR school based intervention* health*
PSYCHINFO Via EBSCO host school* implement* OR adopt* OR integrate* OR normali* MeSH Terms: Behaviour Change OR Health Education OR School Based Intervention Key Words: improvement* OR innovation* OR knowledge* OR organisational change* OR quality improvement OR readiness to change* OR behaviour change* OR intervention* OR school based intervention* health*

OR and AND denote the Boolean operators used

* denotes truncation symbol