What is required to facilitate implementation of Swedish physical activity on prescription? – interview study with primary healthcare staff and management

Table 2 Requirements for successful implementation of SPAP. Qualitative content analysis of interviews with healthcare stakeholders (n = 18)

Overall theme: Need for knowledge and organisational support
Categories	Subcategories
Need for increased knowledge and affirmative attitude among the healthcare professionals	Increase knowledge on how to talk about health behaviours in patient consultations
	Increase knowledge and belief in the SPAP method
	Increase understanding of the importance of targeting and supporting physical activity in healthcare
Need for clear and supportive management	Establish policies and clinical guidelines, and make them well known and approved by all parts of the organisation
	Increase interest and support from the management
	More resources, primarily time, earmarked for conducting SPAP in patient consultations in daily clinical practice
Need for central supporting structures	Establish a centralised function within the healthcare organisation for coordination and development of SPAP
Need for central supporting structures	Expand cooperation with external physical activity organisers
Need for local supporting structures	Develop locally tailored routines for how to work with SPAP at each healthcare centre
Need for local supporting structures	Appoint a specialised function: “local SPAP coordinator”, at each healthcare centre

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