1. Intervention characteristics |
Basic product design |
Stability: usable lifetime and risk of destruction |
Posters that promote eye health. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
|
Durable posters are available. |
4 |
44.4 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
Standardisability: the degree to which an intervention can be standardised |
Standardised posters available to deliver the same message per target group. |
5 |
55.6 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
|
Posters available in the language of the community. |
6 |
66.7 |
7 |
77.8 |
1 (1–2) |
|
Posters with self-explanatory graphics available for the non-literate. |
8 |
88.9 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
|
Different types of posters available for different target groups that are appropriately displayed. |
5 |
55.6 |
8 |
88.9 |
1 (1–2) |
Number of different types of equipment needed. Maintenance needed |
Health promotion materials available that are easy to maintain. |
5 |
55.6 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
|
A system for the easy procurement of health promotion materials. |
6 |
66.7 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
2. Delivery characteristics |
Facilities |
Retail sector, outreach services, first-level care and hospital care |
Health promotion in the community that includes young children and their carers, persons with diabetes and the elderly as their target audience. |
4 |
44.4 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
|
Time, space and willingness to deliver opportunistic eye health promotion to groups in the facility. |
7 |
77.8 |
8 |
88.9 |
1 (1–1) |
|
Time and the willingness to deliver opportunistic eye health promotion to targeted individuals in the facility, for example, persons with diabetes. |
5 |
55.6 |
7 |
77.8 |
1 (1–2) |
Human resources |
Skill level required for service provision |
Staff skilled in communicating with community members. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
|
Staff who are knowledgeable about community, eye diseases and where to access care. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
|
Village health workers resident in the community who are able to deliver health promotion. |
6 |
66.7 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
|
Facility-based staff who are able to deliver health promotion. |
5 |
55.6 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
|
Professionals to train staff on eye health promotion and develop health promotion materials. |
9 |
100 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Skill level required for staff supervision. Degree of supervision required |
Supervisors who are able to supervise health promotion activities including eye health. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Intensity of professional services in terms of frequency or duration, for example, on schedule/periodic or continuous to accommodate emergencies |
Staff who regularly deliver health promotion on schedule. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Need for managerial staff: management and planning requirements |
Existing managerial staff who plan and organise target audience to be sensitised in appropriate locations, for example, carers of young children. |
5 |
55.6 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
Communication and transport |
Dependence of delivery on communication and transport infrastructure: telephones and roads |
Local transport infrastructure to visit communities. |
6 |
66.7 |
7 |
77.8 |
1 (1–2) |
Need for substantial exchange of information between different sectors or levels of care |
Appropriate communication channels between the community and frontline health facilities. |
8 |
88.9 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Staff who are able to communicate in the local language. |
9 |
100 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
3. Government capacity requirements |
Regulation/legislation |
Need for legislation/regulation, monitoring regulatory measures and enforcement of regulation |
Health promotion materials that have been approved and endorsed by local regulatory authorities. |
5 |
55.6 |
8 |
88.9 |
1 (1–2) |
Eye health promotion activities that are recorded and monitored. |
4 |
44.4 |
7 |
77.8 |
1 (1–1) |
|
National blindness prevention strategy that incorporates eye health promotion. |
9 |
88.9 |
8 |
88.9 |
1 (1–1) |
Need for sophisticated management systems and managerial staff. Level of management and planning requirements |
Existing managerial structures for health promotion that can be used to manage eye health promotion. |
4 |
44.4 |
7 |
77.8 |
2 (1–2) |
Collaborative action |
Need for intersectoral action within government. Need for partnership between government and civil society |
Intersectoral activities within government or partnerships between government and civil society. |
6 |
66.7 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–2) |
Existing school health programmes. |
3 |
33.3 |
7 |
77.8 |
2 (1–2) |
Need for partnership between government and external funding agencies |
Collaborations with NGOs to provide health promotion. |
1 |
11.1 |
7 |
77.8 |
2 (1–2) |
Collaboration between communities and frontline health communities. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
4. Usage characteristics |
Ease of use |
Need for information and education |
Communication channels with community to inform target population. |
9 |
88.9 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Need for supervision |
Staff to supervise health promotion activities. |
9 |
88.9 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Pre-existing demand |
Need for promotion |
Staff who engage in health promotion that includes the uptake of eye care when required. |
9 |
88.9 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |
Black market risk |
Need to prevent resale/counterfeiting |
Staff who engage and train traditional healers to identify and refer eye conditions, with a system to support training. |
7 |
77.8 |
9 |
100 |
1 (1–1) |