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Table 2 Relationships among COM-B constructs, barriers, facilitators, intervention functions, behavior change techniques, and modes of delivery

From: Study protocol: A stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial of the effectiveness of a deliberative loop in identifying implementation strategies for the adoption of a dental sealant guideline in dental clinics

COM-B Construct

Targeted barrier

Facilitator

Intervention function

Behavior change technique

Mode of delivery

Capability

Lack of knowledge of how to identify implementation strategies

 

Education

Instruction

Introductory session

  

Training

Behavioral practice/rehearsal

Practice with deliberative loop

   

Behavioral experiment

Application of the deliberative loop process to the lack of adherence to the guideline

 

Lack of decision-making process

 

Environmental restructuring

Restructuring the social environment

Deploying the deliberative loop process in the clinics

Opportunity

 

UBT meeting

   

Motivation

 

Value evidence-based practice