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Table 1 Components of the study’s implementation strategies and the constructs from the guiding theoretical framework

From: A behavioral economic intervention to increase psychiatrist adherence to tobacco treatment guidelines: a provider-randomized study protocol

Strategy component

Targeted barriers

Both arms: Psychiatrist training and academic detailing

• Lack of provider knowledge about tobacco treatment

• Low provider perceived behavioral control in treating patients for smoking and dealing with resistant patients

• Negative attitudes and subjective norms toward the treatment of tobacco

Arm 1: Opt-in clinical reminder

• Low provider perceived behavioral control in tobacco treatment

• Low organizational prioritization (norms) of tobacco treatment

Arm 2: Opt-out clinical reminder

• Cognitive bias to accept the default treatment

• Low provider perceived behavioral control in tobacco treatment

• Low prioritization (norms) of tobacco treatment

• Limited time to screen and treat (actual behavioral control)