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Table 4 Components of ToC in the papers where a ToC was displayed or described. Essential and additional components adapted from Vogel [8]

From: Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review

ToC components

n = 44

n (%)

Essential

 

 Long-term change

40 (90.9 %)

 Process/sequence of change

33 (75 %)

 Context

24 (54.5 %)

 Assumptions

7 (15.9 %)

Additional

 

 Strategic choices and intervention options

23 (52.3 %)

 Beneficiaries

20 (45.5 %)

 Actors in the context

13 (29.5 %)

 Timeline

4 (9.1 %)

 Indicators

4 (9.1 %)

 Sphere of influence

3 (6.8 %)