Table 2 Identification of the potential policy categories appropriate for the intervention based on selected intervention functions
From: Improving medication adherence in stroke survivors: the intervention development process
Intervention Function | Policy Category | Policy Category Definitiona | Included/excluded from next stage | Reasons for Inclusion/exclusion (against APEASE criteria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | Communication/Marketing | Using print, electronic, telephonic or broadcast media | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |
Guidelines | Creating documents that recommend or mandate practice. This includes all changes to service provision | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Regulation | Establishing rules or principles of behaviour or practice | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to current health practice regulations | |
Legislation | Making or changing laws | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to law | |
Service Provision | Delivering a service | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Persuasion | Communication/Marketing | Using print, electronic, telephonic or broadcast media | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |
Guidelines | Creating documents that recommend or mandate practice. This includes all changes to service provision | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Regulation | Establishing rules or principles of behaviour or practice | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to current health practice regulations | |
Legislation | Making or changing laws | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to law | |
Service Provision | Delivering a service | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Training | Guidelines | Creating documents that recommend or mandate practice. This includes all changes to service provision | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |
Fiscal Measures | Using the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost | Excluded | Not considered practical (partially due to free prescriptions over the age of 60 in UK, which encompasses a large proportion of stroke survivors), unlikely to be acceptable to policy makers who would probably need to instigate legislation changes, potentially not affordable contingent on the economic climate at the time of the change | |
Regulation | Establishing rules or principles of behaviour or practice | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to current health practice regulations | |
Legislation | Making or changing laws | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to law | |
Service Provision | Delivering a service | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Environmental Restructuring | Guidelines | Creating documents that recommend or mandate practice. This includes all changes to service provision | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |
Fiscal Measures | Using the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost | Excluded | Not considered practical (partially due to free prescriptions over the age of 60 in UK, which encompasses a large proportion of stroke survivors), unlikely to be acceptable to policy makers who would probably need to instigate legislation changes, potentially not affordable contingent on the economic climate at the time of the change | |
Regulation | Establishing rules or principles of behaviour or practice | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to current health practice regulations | |
Legislation | Making or changing laws | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to law | |
Environmental/ Social Planning | Designing and/or controlling the physical or social environment | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Enablement | Guidelines | Creating documents that recommend or mandate practice. This includes all changes to service provision | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |
Fiscal Measures | Using the tax system to reduce or increase the financial cost | Excluded | Not considered practical (partially due to free prescriptions over the age of 60 in UK, which encompasses a large proportion of stroke survivors), unlikely to be acceptable to policy makers who would probably need to instigate legislation changes, potentially not affordable contingent on the economic climate at the time of the change | |
Regulation | Establishing rules or principles of behaviour or practice | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to current health practice regulations | |
Legislation | Making or changing laws | Excluded | Not considered practical for this project as the timeline would not allow for the process of changes to law | |
Environmental/ Social Planning | Designing and/or controlling the physical or social environment | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity | |
Service Provision | Delivering a service | Included | Considered affordable, practical, potentially effective, potentially acceptable, should have limited side effects and shouldn’t create significant issues of equity |