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Table 2 Roles performed by institutions for HP4OP

From: Institutional analysis of health promotion for older people in Europe - concept and research tool

SPOFER role

Description of functions performed by institution for a HP4OP programme:

(S) Setting

The given institution constitutes a health promotion setting.

(P) Promoter

The institution (its personnel) implements the programme as street-level promoters, educators, informers or advocates.

(O) Organiser

The institution is responsible for organisation of a given intervention by initiating, providing administrative support, coordinating actions, managing, etc.

(F) Financing

The institution provides funding (entirely or partly) for the given intervention.

(E) Expertise & evaluation

The institution guarantees the proper evidence-based quality of health promotion intervention by providing: guidelines, knowledge, advisement, training, collecting and sharing experiences, but also by evaluating results, etc.

(R) Regulation, monitoring & control

The institution provides legal regulations, monitoring and control: through supervision, registration or by issuing obligatory approval.