Table 3.

Aspects to be addressed in the prioritisation process, as proposed by the approaches (N=25)

	Situation analysis/environmental scan	Methods for generation of initial list of topics	Use of prioritisation criteria	Stakeholder engagement	Description of ranking process/ technique	Dissemination and implementation	Revision or appeal mechanism	Monitoring and evaluation
N (%) approaches reporting the aspect	7 (28)	19 (76)	18 (72)	23 (92)	18 (72)	16 (64)	10 (40)	10 (40)
Abma, 201050		✓		✓		✓
Ball, 201664	✓	✓		✓	✓
Bennett, 2010; Bennett, 2012; Saldanha, 201341–43		✓		✓	✓			✓
Berra, 201059			✓	✓	✓
Carson, 200058			✓
Chang, 201260		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Chapman, 201365		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Cowan, 201345	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dubois 201161			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edwards, 201952		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Franck, 2018; Franck, 202049 56		✓		✓	✓	✓
Ghaffar, 2009; 200938 48	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Hacking, 201644†			✓		✓
Kapiriri, 201863	✓	✓	✓*	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lomas, 200346	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Montorzi, 201047	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NIH 200157			✓	✓		✓		✓
Okello, 2000; Lansang 199739 40	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pratt, 201655†		✓	✓*	✓	✓
Rudan, 200837		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Somanadhan, 2020 53 *		✓	✓	✓	✓
Viergever, 201062	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wald, 201451		✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
WHO, 199675			✓	✓
Yan, 202054		✓		✓	✓	✓

*In this approach, ‘ importance’ and ‘feasibility’ were proposed as prioritisation criteria, but authors only considered the score for ‘importance’ when generating the top priorities.

†These approaches indicated the use of prioritisation criteria but did not propose criteria.