Table 2.
The characteristics of participations in the study
| Stakeholder’s name | Participant’s No | work experience (year) | Age (year) | Level | Sector | Related role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of education (Professor of the University of medical sciences of MoHME)a | P1 | 12 | 40 | Regional | Professional | Collaborate in developing policies to prevent childhood obesity by nutrition education in the university |
| Welfare Organization | P2 | 12 | 39 | National | Governmental | Policymaking for nutrition education to children and parents and adherence to the principles of healthy nutrition in kindergartens and childcare centers |
| Municipality | P3 | 8 | 49 | Regional | Non-Governmental | Providing sports equipment and spaces for children and adolescents |
| Ministry of Sports and Youth | P4 | 15 | 51 | Regional | Governmental | Providing appropriate facilities for exercise in childhood |
| Imam Khomeini Relief Committee | P5 | 10 | 58 | Regional | Non-Governmental | Providing healthy food items for financial trouble families as well as education healthy lifestyle in family training sessions |
| Islamic Development Organization | P6 | 15 | 41 | Regional | Governmental | Advertising of nutrition and PA in the community |
| Secretariat of the Health and Food Safety | P7 | 3 | 41 | Regional | Governmental | Establish better coordination and communication between stakeholders and organizations |
| Health care providers of MoHME | P8 | 20 | 52 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on primary health care, nutrition education and PA advice screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| Student Organization | P9 | 2 | 40 | Regional | Non-Governmental | Collaborate on providing school buffet snakes |
| Food and Drug Office | P10 | 18 | 52 | Regional | Governmental | Increase the level of safety of food and beverages |
| School Health Department of the Province’s Health Center | P11 | 24 | 55 | Regional | Governmental | Coordinate with schools to provide nutrition and PA training and screening overweight and obese children and adolescents |
| Food and Drug Organization | P12 | 17 | 40 | National | Governmental | Policymaking to increase the level of safety of food and beverages |
| Children and Adolescents’ Intellectual Development | P13 | 20 | 49 | Regional | Governmental | Participation in healthy nutrition education for children and adolescents |
| Welfare Organization | P14 | 27 | 50 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on nutrition education for children and parents in kindergartens and observing the principles of healthy nutrition in kindergarten food and child care centers |
| Population and Family Health Department [1] | P15 | 9 | 53 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on primary health care and screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| Ministry of Education | P16 | 12 | 39 | National | Governmental | Collaborate with the MoHME in develop or implement the nutrition education, school foods or PAa policies in schools |
| Department of education (Professor of the University of medical sciences of MoHME) | P17 | 6 | 59 | National | Governmental | 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) |
| The Office of Community Nutrition Improvement [1] | P18 | 10 | 48 | National | Governmental | Mainly responsible for the CAOPb: Policymaking, design and implementation of nutritional interventions |
| Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) | P19 | 12 | 45 | National | Media | Producing educational and informational programs as well as harmful food ads |
| Health Deputy of MoHME | P20 | 15 | 58 | National | Governmental | Policymaking for health service system in Iran |
| Executive manager in the Ministry of Education [1] | P21 | 25 | 52 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the nutrition education, and PA policies in schools |
| The office of the Community Nutrition Improvement department of the Health Center | P22 | 15 | 40 | Regional | Governmental | Policymaking, design and implementation of nutritional interventions at the provincial level |
| School Health Department of MoHME | P23 | 30 | 50 | National | Governmental | Policymaking for nutrition education, providing healthy food, as well as training and doing PA in schools |
| Population and Family Health Department [2] | P25 | 15 | 40 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on primary health care and screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| Non-communicable diseases Department of the Province’s Health Center | P26 | 12 | 39 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on the development of guidelines for non-communicable diseases prevention |
| Population and Family Health Department [3] | P27 | 23 | 45 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on primary health care and screening for overweight and obese children and adolescents in health centers |
| Boys’ high school physical education teacher | P28 | 16 | 42 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the PA policies in schools |
| The headmaster of boys’ high school [1] | P29 | 25 | 48 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementing CAOP policies in schools |
| The headmaster of boys’ high school [2] | P30 | 28 | 47 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementing CAOP policies in schools |
| Girls’ high school physical education teacher [1] | P31 | 30 | 51 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the PA policies in schools |
| Girls’ high school physical education teacher [2] | P32 | 15 | 37 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the PA policies in schools |
| The headmaster of girls’ high school [1] | P33 | 27 | 48 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementing CAOP policies in schools |
| The headmaster of girls’ high school [2] | P34 | 13 | 37 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementing CAOP policies in schools |
| Executive manager in the Ministry of Education [2] | P35 | 24 | 47 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the nutrition education, and PA policies in schools |
| The Office of Community Nutrition Improvement [2] | P36 | 18 | 44 | National | Governmental | Mainly responsible for the CAOP: Policymaking, design and implementation of nutritional interventions |
| Office of the Parents and Teachers Association of the Ministry of Education | P37 | 4 | 40 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate on communication between parents and school officials |
| Executive manager in the Ministry of Education [3] | P38 | 8 | 48 | Regional | Governmental | Collaborate in implementation of the nutrition education, and PA policies in schools |
| Manager of food production and processing factory (cakes and cookies) | P39 | 5 | 43 | Regional | Private | Participation in the production of a variety of food products |
a MoHME Ministry of Health and Medical Education
b CAOP childhood and adolescent’s obesity prevention