Table 5.

Programme directors attitude towards training topics (n = 22)

	Not useful at all %	Not useful %	Neutral %	Useful %	Very useful %
Monitoring, measuring and programme evaluation	0	0	5	23	73
Applying behaviour change theory for more effective interventions	0	0	5	36	59
Promoting and publishing programme results	0	0	5	59	36
Gaining parental involvement	0	5	5	32	59
Best practices in intervention design and delivery e.g. how to design a “drink more water” action	0	0	9	41	50
Designing environmental (built) environments	5	0	5	59	32
Assessing community needs and engaging community stakeholders	0	5	9	32	55
Fundraising techniques and proposal writing	0	0	14	36	50
Programme branding, obtaining local visibility and using social media to build online communities	0	9	5	41	45
Principles and practical application of social marketing	0	5	9	45	41
Skills for obtaining political commitment at all levels	0	5	14	36	45
Operational issues: annual plans, budgeting, hiring, motivating staff and volunteers	5	5	18	41	32
Managing public-private partnerships	0	5	27	27	41
Linking care (secondary prevention) and primary prevention	0	5	27	50	18