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Table 1 CFIR and TDF domains relevant for PrEP implementation and those selected to build the questionnaire

From: Applying implementation science frameworks to identify factors that influence the intention of healthcare providers to offer PrEP care and advocate for PrEP in HIV clinics in Colombia: a cross-sectional study

 

Definition

Included in the survey

Relevant theme in qualitative analysis

I. Intervention characteristics

 Evidence strength and quality

HCPs’ perceptions of the quality and validity of evidence support the belief that PrEP will have desired outcomes

Yes

Yes

 Relative advantage

HCPs’ perception of the advantage of implementing PrEP versus an alternative solution

Yes

Yes

 Adaptability

The degree to which PrEP can be adapted, tailored, refined, or reinvented to meet local needs

Yes

Yes

 Complexity

Perceived difficulty of implementation, reflected by duration, scope, radicalness, disruptiveness, centrality, and intricacy and number of steps required to implement

Yes

Yes

 Cost

Costs of PrEP and costs associated with implementing PrEP include investment, supply, and opportunity costs

Yes

Yes

II. Outer setting

 Patient needs and resources

The extent to which people’s need for PrEP is recognized by HCP and barriers and facilitators to meet those needs

Yes

Yes

 Cosmopolitanism

The degree to which the clinics are networked with other external organizations

No

Yes

 Peer pressure

Pressure from community organizations ot other external organizations to implement PrEP

No

Yes

 External policies and incentives

Social, political and economic influences over PrEP implementation

No

Yes

III. Health systems

 Attitudes

Attitudes of HCP regarding the preparedness of the health system to implement PrEP

Yes

Yes

 Concerns

Concerns of HCP regarding the preparedness of the health system to implement PrEP

Yes

Yes

 System architecture

The administrative design of Colombian health system or interacting systems that may influence PrEP implementation

No

Yes

 Funding priorities

Manager’s perception regarding the degree to which funding agent preferences and priorities influence implementation

No

Yes

 Available resources

The level of resources at health system level needed for implementation of PrEP

No

Yes

IV. Characteristics of individuals

 Knowledge

HCP are aware of PrEP as an HIV prevention strategy and are familiar with the delivery of PrEP components

Yes

Yes

 Beliefs about capabilities/self-efficacy

The self-confidence of HCP in performing activities related to PrEP and implementing PrEP

Yes

No

 Professional role/compatibility

The extent to which PrEP implementation will be/is perceived by HCP as part of their work or responsibilities or compatible with their work

Yes

Yes

 Social influences

Peer opinions about PrEP that may influence the implementation of PrEP

Yes

No

 Control

HCP perceptions that they have control over the decision to offer PrEP care

Yes

No

 Individual stage of change

HCP intentions to offer PrEP care or advocate for PrEP in the clinic

Yes

No

 Beliefs about consequences

It refers to HCP beliefs about the value of PrEP, consequences, rewards or incentives for managing people in PrEP

Yes

Yes

V Inner setting

 Structural characteristics

The social architecture, age, maturity, and size of the clinics

No

Yes

 Networks and communications

The nature and quality of webs of social networks and the nature and quality of formal and informal communications within the clinics

No

Yes

 Culture

Norms, values, and basic assumptions of each clinic

No

Yes

 Tension for change

The degree to which managers/clinic directors perceive the current situation as intolerable or needing change

No

Yes

 Compatibility

The degree how PrEP fits with existing workflows

No

Yes

 Relative priority

Manager perception of the importance of the implementation within the organization

No

Yes

 Readiness for implementation

Tangible and immediate indicators of organizational commitment to its decision to implement PrEP

No

Yes

 Leadership engagement

Commitment, involvement, and accountability of leaders and managers with the implementation of PrEP

No

Yes

 Available resources

The level of resources at clinical level needed for implementation of PrEP

No

Yes

 Access to knowledge and information

Ease of access to information and knowledge about PrEP and how to incorporate it into work tasks

No

Yes

VI Process

 Planning

Existence of any plan to implement PrEP in the clinic

No

Yes

 Engaging

Strategies to engage populations at risk and other leaders in PrEP

No

Yes

 Executing

Experience of implementation of PrEP

No

No

 Evaluating

Evaluation of implementation of PrEP

No

No