Table 2.
The characteristics of participations in the study
| Player name | Participant’s No | Status of stakeholder (A or P) | Level | Sector | Position | Power | Interest | incentives | Awareness of policy | Related role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Drug Organization | P1 | P* | National | Governmental | Medium Support | High | Medium | Non-financial | High | Policy making for increase the level of safety of food and beverages |
| Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)) | P2 | P | National | Media | Low Support | High | Low | financial | Medium | Producing educational and informational programs as well as harmful food ads |
| The Office of Community Nutrition Improvement | P3 | P | National | Governmental | High Support | High | High | Non-financial | High | Mainly responsible for the COP: Policy making, design and implementation of nutritional interventions |
| Health Deputy of MoHME*** | P4 | P | National | Governmental | High Support | High | High | Non-financial | High | Policy making for health service system in Iran |
| Department of education (Professor of university of medical sciences of MoHME( | P5 | P | National | Governmental | High Support | High | High | Non-financial | High | Cooperation with the MoHME and WHO in promoting Iran ECHO, Responsible for implementing Iran ECHO pilot program in Isfahan (one of the cities in Iran) |
| Ministry of Education | P6 | P | National | Governmental | Medium Support | High | Medium | Non-financial | High | Collaborate with the MoHME in develop or implement the nutrition education, school foods or PAa policies in schools |
| School Health Department of MoHME | P7 | P | National | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Policy making for nutrition education, providing healthy food, as well as training and doing PA in schools |
| Welfare Organization | P8 | P | National | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Policy making for nutrition education to children and parents and adherence to the principles of healthy nutrition in kindergartens and childcare centers |
| Children and Adolescents’ Intellectual Development | P9 | A** | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Low | Non-financial | Low | Participation in healthy nutrition education for children and adolescents |
| The office of Community Nutrition Improvement department of the Health Center | P10 | P | Regional | Governmental | High Support | High | High | Non-financial | High | Policy making, design and implementation of nutritional interventions in the provincial level |
| Executive manager in the Ministry of Education | P11 | P | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Low | Non-financial | Medium | Collaborate in implementation of the nutrition education, and PA policies in schools |
| Food and Drug Office | P12 | p | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Low | Increase the level of safety of food and beverages |
| Imam Khomeini Relief Committee | P13 | A | Regional | Non-Governmental | Low Support | Medium | Low | Non-financial | Low | Providing healthy food items for financial trouble families as well as education healthy lifestyle in family training sessions |
| Ministry of Sports and Youth | P14 | A | Regional | Governmental | Low Support | High | Low | financial | Low | Providing appropriate facilities for exercise in childhood |
| Municipality | P15 | p | Regional | Non-Governmental | Low Support | High | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Providing sports equipment and spaces for children and adolescents |
| Population and Family Health Department | P16 | P | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Collaborate on primary health care and screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| School Health Department of the Province’s Health Center | P17 | P | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | High | Coordinate with schools to provide nutrition and PA training and screening overweight and obese children and adolescents |
| Student Organization | P18 | P | Regional | NGO | Low Support | High | Low | financial | Low | Collaborate on providing school buffet snakes |
| Department of education) Professor of university of medical sciences of MoHME( | P19 | P | Regional | Professional | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Collaborate in developing policies to prevent childhood obesity by nutrition education in the university |
| Welfare Organization | P20 | A | Regional | Governmental | Low Support | Low | Low | Non-financial | Low | Collaborate on nutrition education for children and parents in kindergartens and observing the principles of healthy nutrition in kindergarten food and child care centers |
| Secretariat of the Health and Food Safety | P21 | A | Regional | Governmental | Low Support | High | Low | Non-financial | Medium | Establish better coordination and communication between stakeholders and organizations |
| Health care providers of MoHME *** | P22 | P | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Medium | Collaborate on primary health care, nutrition education and PA advice screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| Islamic Development Organization | P23 | A | Regional | Governmental | Low Support | Medium | Medium | Non-financial | Low | Advertising of nutrition and PA in the community |
| Non-communicable diseases Department of the Province’s Health Center | P24 | A | Regional | Governmental | Medium Support | Medium | Low | Non-financial | Medium | Collaborate on development of guidelines of non-communicable diseases prevention |
| Social Security Insurance Agency | NP**** | A | National | Governmental | – | – | – | – | – | Coverage of nutrition counseling services for nutrition counselors and specialists |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance | NP | A | National | Governmental | – | – | – | – | – | Allocation of taxes for imports as well as Value-added tax (VAT on unhealthy foods as well as subsidy allocation for healthy foods |
|
Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament |
NP | A | National | Governmental | – | – | – | – | – | Upstream legislation and resource allocation for the executive organizations |
* P: Present** A: Absent, *** Ministry of Health and Medical Education, **** Not participating in the study
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