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. 2020 Jun 19;15:47. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01007-w

Table 4.

Mostly transferable measures identified in studies of health policy implementation (n = 15)

Tool name Number of items Development
Author, year
Empirical use
Author, year
Setting, country
Implementation outcomes and determinants assessed Pragmatic PAPERS scorea Psychometric properties assessed
Adaptations of Evidence-Based Practices 9 Stirman et al. 2013 [44]

Lau and Brookman-Frazee 2016 [45]

Mental health, USA

Fidelity/compliance, adaptability 12 Norms
Creative Climate Questionnaire 10 Ekvall 1996 [46]

Lövgren 2002 [47]

Healthcare, Sweden

Organizational culture and climate 13 Normsb
Job Control Scale 22 Dwyer and Ganster 1991 [48]

Condon-Paoloni 2015 [49]

Nutrition, Australia

Organizational culture/climate 12 Norms, internal consistency
Organizational Climate Measure 82 Patterson et al. 2005 [50]

Lau and Brookman-Frazee 2016 [45]

Mental health, USA

Organizational culture/climate 10 Normsb
Organizational Social Context Measurement System 105 Glisson et al. 2012 [51]

Beidas et al. 2013 [52]

Mental or behavioral health, USA

Organizational culture/climate, communication of policy 5 Norms, structural validity
Perceived Organizational Support Survey 8 Eisenberger et al. 1997 [53]

Eby et al. 2013 [54]

Tobacco, USA

Organizational culture/climate 12 Norms, structural validity, internal consistency
Pharmaceutical Policies Survey 17 Vogler et al. 2016 [55]

Vogler et al. 2016 [55]

Healthcare, Europe

Costs of implementation 11 Norms
Planning for Change Survey 4 Wanberg 2000 [56]

Eby et al. 2013 [54]

Tobacco, USA

Organizational culture/climate 12 Norms, structural validity, internal consistency
Policy Coalition Evaluation Tool 15 Hardy et al. 2013 [57]

Hardy et al. 2013 [57]

Community nutrition, USA

Fidelity/compliance, sustainability, readiness, organizational culture/climate, actor relationships/networks 9 Not reported
Policy Empowerment Index 12 Gavriilidis and Östergren 2012 [58]

Gavriilidis and Östergren 2012 [58]

Hospitals/clinics, traditional medicine policy, South Africa

Adaptability, readiness, actor relationships, political will for implementation, target population characteristics affecting implementation 16 Not reported
Policy Implementation Barometer 10 Hongoro et al. 2018 [59]

Hongoro et al. 2018 [59]

Access to care, Uganda

Appropriateness, readiness to implement 11 Norms
Policy Readiness and Stage of Change Needs Assessment 130 Roeseler et al. 2016 [60]

Roeseler et al. 2016 [60]

Tobacco, USA

Adoption, fidelity/compliance 13 Norms
Rehabilitation Policy Questionnaire 7 Brämberg et al. 2015 [61]

Brämberg et al. 2015 [61]

Hospitals/clinics, Sweden

Acceptability, adoption, fidelity/compliance, penetration, readiness 11 Norms
Rütten’s Health Policy Questionnaire 24 Rütten et al. 2003 [62]

Rütten et al. 2003 [62]

Cancer, tobacco, physical activity, Europe (6 countries)

Acceptability, cost, org culture/climate, readiness to implement, political will implementation 15 Normsb
Veteran’s Administration All Employee Survey 14 Smith et al. 2017 [63]

Smith et al. 2017 [63]

Mental health, USA

Organizational culture/climate 11 Normsb

Mostly transferable measures are defined here as those in which ≥ 75% of items can readily be used in multiple settings without change or by changing only the referent (i.e., policy name, setting)

aPragmatic PAPERS score—Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale [11, 41, 42], five domains assessed: brevity (score based on number of items), language simplicity, burden/ease of interpretation of scoring, and training burden, total possible score 20, higher numbers indicate greater ease to use the measure

bAdditional subscale level psychometric properties were reported