Table 1 SPIRIT intervention components, subcomponents, and change principles
Intervention components | Subcomponents | Change principles underpinning each subcomponent |
|---|---|---|
1. Audit, feedback and goal setting | a. Feedback forum | • Engages agencies in owning and driving the program |
• Provides feedback about current practice | ||
• Provides a clear rationale for change | ||
b. Intervention selection | • Develops agreement about concrete and specific change goals | |
• Is tailored to focus on the agency's priorities | ||
c. Identification of other strategies | • Develops agreement about concrete and specific change goals | |
d. Mid-intervention feedback | • Engages agencies in owning and driving the program | |
• Monitors and provides feedback about change during the intervention | ||
e. SPIRIT newsletter | • Monitors and provides feedback about change during the intervention | |
2. Leadership program | a. Supporting organisational use of evidence | • Addresses systems, operations, structures and relations |
• Engages agencies in owning and driving the program | ||
• Develops agreement about concrete and specific change goals | ||
b. Leading organisational change | • Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | |
• Recognises the expertise of participants | ||
• Is interactive with a focus on shared reflection and problem solving | ||
• Uses credible, dynamic experts as presenters | ||
3. Organisational support for research | a. Quarterly email endorsement from CEO | • Engages agencies in owning and driving the program |
• Uses champions to model and promote the use of evidence from research | ||
• Monitors and provides feedback about change during the intervention | ||
b. Access to WebCIPHER | • Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | |
• Uses champions to model and promote the use of evidence from research | ||
c. Resources for improving agency's use of research | • Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | |
• Provides opportunity for rehearsal and practice | ||
4. Opportunity to test systems for accessing research and reviews (brokered services) | a. Brokered commission of a rapid review, evaluation plan or linked data analysis | • Provides opportunity for rehearsal and practice |
• Is tailored to focus on the agency's priorities | ||
• Recognises the expertise of participants | ||
• Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | ||
5. Research exchange | a. Interactive forum | • Is tailored to focus on the agency's priorities |
• Recognises the expertise of participants | ||
• Is interactive with a focus on shared reflection and problem solving | ||
• Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | ||
• Uses champions to model and promote the use of evidence from research | ||
• Uses credible, dynamic experts as presenters | ||
b. Summary of systematic reviews | • Is tailored to focus on the agency's priorities | |
• Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | ||
6. Educational symposia for staff | a. Valuing research symposium | • Recognises the expertise of participants |
• Is interactive with a focus on shared reflection and problem solving | ||
• Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | ||
• Uses champions to model and promote the use of evidence from research | ||
• Uses credible, dynamic experts as presenters | ||
b. Agencies can chose two symposia from: Access to research/Appraising research/Evaluation/Working with researchers | • Recognises the expertise of participants | |
• Is interactive with a focus on shared reflection and problem solving | ||
• Provides self-education opportunities and access to resources | ||
• Uses champions to model and promote the use of evidence from research | ||
• Uses credible, dynamic experts as presenters |