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Table 3 Major themes emerged and rating for PARIHS construct and sub-elements

From: Evaluating factors that influenced the successful implementation of an evidence-based neonatal care intervention in Chinese hospitals using the PARIHS framework

 Construct and Sub-element

Major theme emerged

Rating

Evidence

Research evidence

- Local research ongoing, research focus on implementation not focusing on effectiveness

Low

Clinical experience

- Positive observation, feedback and small-scale data analysis from early practice

High

Patient preference and experience

- Some patient feedback, very limited patient preference

Low

External evidence

- Published literature to create early awareness but not fully applicable

- Knowledge received from international, national and hospital-level expert training

- Observed evidence from exchange visits from other countries (especially high-income countries)

Moderate

Context

Culture

- Learning and communication culture through continuous training, communication between hospitals and among medical staff

- Culture of multidisciplinary teamwork, between doctors and nurses, between obstetric and pediatric departments

- Some opportunity for innovation

High

Leadership

- Strong support from leadership considered as pre-requisite, especially to tackle organizational resistance to change

- Task-driven organizational structure led to fast resource mobilization and organizational changes

High

Evaluation

- Small scale data audit and feedback to maintain quality of implementation

High

Resources

- Limited physical environment and human resources constrained intervention scale-up

- Financial resource and concern over out-of-pocket charges

Moderate

Facilitation

Purpose

- “Task”: raising awareness, allocating resources, setting target and supporting staff

High

Role

- “Enabling”: moderate intervention initiation including disseminate training and allocate resource

- “Practical”: supervision of practice

Skills and attribute

- Varied attributes between facilitators, some more proactive in training and motivating staff