Table 2 Group criteria of invited participants
Level of involvement | Group (n) | Participant classification criteria | Participant institutions/organisations | Data collection instruments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Directly involved | I (17) | EVIDENT partners, who were actively involved with the development of EVIDENT’s framework, its core activities and case studies | − Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Ethiopia − Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Belgium − National School of Public Health, Morocco − North-West University (NWU), South Africa − Royal Tropical Institute, the Netherlands − Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania − University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin − University of Ghana, Ghana − University of Ghent, Belgium − University of Sheffield, UK | − In-depth interview − Online survey |
II (7) | Actors who are/were involved for some period of time (1 or 2 years) in the development of EVIDENT’s framework, its core activities and case studies | − EPHI, Ethiopia − Federal Knowledge Centre (KCE), Belgium − International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) − NICE International, UK − University of Sheffield, UK | − In-depth interview − Online survey | |
Indirectly involved | III (40) | Actors who are/were indirectly involved with EVIDENT; these include, for example, EVIDENT’s training participants, external collaborators at conference presentations or funding agency representatives | − Centre for evidence-based healthcare, South Africa − Charlotte Maxeke Research Consortium, South Africa − Cochrane, South Africa − General Secretary of Health, Morocco − Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Thailand − International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment, Canada − ITM, Belgium − KCE, Belgium − Makerere University, Uganda − Micronutrient Initiative, Canada − Ministry of Health, Ethiopia − NICE International, UK − NWU, South Africa − Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening, South Africa − Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement − Stellenbosch University, South Africa − University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin − University of Cape Coast, Ghana − University of Ghana, Ghana − University of Ghent, Belgium − University of Sheffield, UK | − (Shorter) Online survey |