Table 1.
RE-AIM measures and data sources used to obtain information
| Assessment level | Measures | Data sources | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach | • Eligibility criteria | • Interview data (Director) • Pre Survey items (Coordinator) |
Pre-intervention |
| • # Children/families in area, served by community center that meet that criteria | • Statistics Canada • Interview data (Director) • Survey data (Coordinator) |
Pre-intervention | |
| • # Children/families registered for the program | • Summary Forms (Coordinator) | Post-intervention | |
| • # Exclusions | • Survey data (Coordinator) | Post-intervention | |
| • Recruitment strategies | • Interview data (Director) • Survey data (Coordinator) |
Pre-intervention | |
| • Identification of facilitators and barriers to recruitment | • Interview data (Director) • Survey data (Coordinator) |
Pre-intervention | |
| Effectiveness | • Short-term attrition rates | • Survey (Caregivers, Children) | Baseline, post-intervention |
| • Healthy eating and physical activity efficacy beliefs • Knowledge related to healthy eating, physical activity and screen time guidelines. • Perceived social support for physical activity and healthy eating • Healthy eating, physical activity and screen time behavour • Children’s health related quality of life |
• Survey (Caregivers, Children) | Baseline, post-intervention | |
| • Perception of impact/consequences (positive or negative) | • Interview data (Facilitators and Directors) | Post-intervention | |
| Adoption | |||
| Setting Level | • Criteria for implementing HT | • Documentation (The Bridge) | Post-intervention |
| • # of settings approached to implement | |||
| • # of settings that expressed interest in implementing HT | |||
| • Num. of sites expressing interest that were excluded | |||
| • Difference in settings between 1) those that expressed interest vs. no-interest. 2) exclusion vs. inclusion | |||
| Staff Level | • Exclusion criteria • # staff approached/applied to be part of HT • Degree to which staff participating in HT are representative of staff at the centre |
• Survey data (Directors) | Pre-intervention |
| • Barriers to staff participation | • Survey data (Facilitators, Directors, Coordinators) | Pre-intervention | |
| Implementation | • Degree to which project objectives were met | • Observations | During-Intervention |
| • Degree to which program activities were administered | |||
| • # and type of adaptations made | • After-session survey (Facilitators) | During-intervention | |
| • Program attendance rate | • Observations | During-intervention | |
| • Barriers and facilitators to implementation | • Interview (Facilitators) | Post-intervention | |
| • Time cost of the intervention | • After-session surveys (Facilitators) | During-intervention | |
| • Financial costs of the intervention | • Documentation (The Bridge) | Post-Intervention | |
| Maintenance | |||
| Individual Level | • Long term study attrition | • Survey (Caregivers, Children) | Pre, 6-month follow-up |
| • Healthy eating and physical activity efficacy beliefs • Knowledge related to healthy eating, physical activity and screen time guidelines. • Perceived social support for physical activity and healthy eating • Healthy eating, physical activity and screen time behaviour • Children’s health related quality of life |
• Survey (Caregivers, Children) | Pre, 6-month follow-up | |
| Setting Level | • # of sites running Healthy Together | • Surveys (Directors, Coordinators) | 1-year follow-up survey and email |
| • Adaptations of the program – retained elements | |||
| • Reasons for lack of implementation | |||