| Is the intervention a behavior-change intervention?* | Manuscript must include these criteria |
| Was the intervention delivered by nonspecialists? | |
| Does the study mention fidelity and/or competence monitoring, a fidelity and/or competence tool, a fidelity and/or competence outcome, or an assessment of nonspecialist competence or facilitation quality? |
*DOES INCLUDE behavior-change interventions with mental health and psycho-social outcomes (can include clinically diagnosed mental health conditions, can include a psychosocial outcome for populations experiencing a physical ailment), and tool validation studies.
DOES NOT INCLUDE physical health outcomes of any kind (such as medicine adherence, cancer screening, breastfeeding practices, nutrition practices, new HIV/AIDs case reductions, weight loss, sexually transmitted diseases, autism, cardiac arrest, pediatric care, etc.), systematic reviews, results from pre-intervention trainings.