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Table 2 Priority domains mapped to intervention functions

From: Barriers and facilitators of evidence-based management of patients with bacterial infections among general dental practitioners: a theory-informed interview study

Domains identified as priorities (i.e. high frequency and existing barriers to be targeted)

Targets for change

Intervention functions [36]

Intervention function definition [36]

Behavioural regulation

CPD programmes are required.

Training

Imparting skills

Updated SDCEP or other guidelines are required.

Enablement

Increasing means/reducing barriers to increase capability (beyond education and training) or opportunity (beyond environmental structuring)

Modelling

Providing an example for people to aspire to or imitate

Education

Increasing knowledge or understanding

Social influences

Patient behaviour or demands influence my behaviour.

Restriction

Using rules to reduce the opportunity to engage in the target behaviour (or to increase the target behaviour by reducing the opportunity to engage in competing behaviours)

Environmental restructuring

Changing the physical or social context

Enablement

(See above)

Modelling

(See above)

Reinforcement

There are no incentives to conducting local measures.

Training

(See above)

Environmental restructuring

(See above)

Incentivisation

Creating the expectation of reward

Coercion

Creating the expectation or punishment or cost

Environmental context and resources

Lack of time plays a big part in managing bacterial infections.

Training

(See above)

Restriction

(See above)

Environmental restructuring

(See above)

Enablement

(See above)

Beliefs about consequences

Local measures involve a lot of time to conduct it successfully.

Modelling

(See above)

Local measures occasionally make things worse.

Education

(See above)

Persuasion

Using communication to induce positive or negative feelings or simulate action