Table 1 Papers included in review

1. Alexander, J.A. et al. [62]

The model for community health partnership sustainability

To provide practical guidelines for partnership sustainability

2. Amaya, A. et al. [65]

Conceptual framework for sustainability

To identify themes and relationships emerging from data to identify recommendations to inform decision-makers on priorities

3. Ament, S. et al. [80]

Strategies to sustain improvements in hospital practice

To suggest post-implementation strategies which are valuable in sustaining implementation successes

4. Atun, R. et al. [53]

A conceptual framework for analysing integration of health interventions into health systems

To analyse and map the nature and extent of integration in different settings, along with the factors that influence the integration process

5. Azeredo, B.T. et al. [45]

Framework for investigating the sustainability of ARV provision

To structure data collection and analysis

6. Blackford, J. and Street, A [69]

The Advance Care Planning-Service Evaluation Tool (ACP-SET)

To assist community-based palliative care services to establish a sustainable system-wide model relevant to their local context

7. Blanchet, K. and Girois, S [57]

The Sustainability Analysis Process (SAP)

To conceptualise and measure sustainability of health systems in low-income countries and fragile states

8. Bray, P. et al. [81]

Sustainability Pyramid Model

To propose a series of practice characteristics that constitute critical elements for QI sustainability activities

9. Brinkerhoff, D. and Goldsmith, A. [20]

The analytical framework for Institutional sustainability

To analyse the generic conditions for sustaining institutions in general and provide suggested strategies

10. Chambers, D. et al. [11]

The Dynamic Sustainability Framework

To maximise the fit between interventions, practice settings and the broader ecological system over time

11. Dauphinee, W. and Reznick, R [63]

Framework for guiding change and managing and monitoring a successful multicentered network.

To identify success factors that can facilitate the adoption of a national simulation network

12. Dominick, G.M. et al. [82]

ENRICH Sustainability Survey

To identify residential children’s homes (RCHs) that sustained PA-promoting environments.

13. Dorsey, S. et al. [46]

NINR Logic Model for Center Sustainability

To provide guidance for those who wish to develop and sustain a centre or plan for sustainability

14. Edwards, J. C. et al. [42]

Catholic Healthcare partners HF-GAP Sustainability Assessment (AHRQ)

To trigger planning for sustainability early in a project’s design

15. Feldstein, A.C. and Glasgow, R.E [83]

Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM)

To enhance implementation and sustainability and to help conceptualise, implement and evaluate health care improvement programmes

16. Finch, T.L. et al. [84]

Technology Adoption Readiness Scale (TARS)

To contribute to the successful normalisation of e-health, either as a ‘diagnostic’ tool or for evaluation purposes

17. Fleiszer et al. [58]

Framework for the sustainability of healthcare innovations

To guide data collection and content analysis

18. Ford, J.H. et al. [47]

Strategies to Sustain Use of A-CHESS

To suggest strategies to be used to sustain the use a mobile app

19. Fox, A. et al. [79]

The sustainability of innovation theoretical framework

To guide research, determine variables, influence data analysis

20. Goodman et al. [85]

Level of Institutionalisation (LoIn) Scale

To measure the extent of programme integration into an organisation

21. Goodman, R. and Steckler, A [86]

Model for Program Institutionalisation

To demonstrate how health promotion programmes may become institutionalised to guide programme design and evaluation

22. Gruen, R.L. et al. [7]

Model of health-programme sustainability

To provide a model of health-programme sustainability based on context and resource availability

23. Hanson, D. et al. [43]

A systematic ecological framework to design sustainable interventions

To design sustainable, community-based, safety promotion interventions

24. Hodge L.M. and Turn, K [54]

A Conceptual Framework of Supporting Factors

To guide and evaluate capacity building in EBP implementation and sustainment in low-resource community settings

25. Isabalija, S.R. et al. [87]

Framework for e-medicine sustainability

To facilitate the development, implementation, and sustainability of e-medicine by providing professionals with information on which to build their sustainability efforts

26. Iwelunmor, J. et al. [68]

A conceptual framework

To bring attention to sustainability as a core component embedded within the overall life cycle of an intervention that evolves through time

27. Johnson et al. [19]

A Sustainability Planning Model

To address two sets of sustainability factors known to be associated with success in sustaining an innovation

28. Knight, T. et al. [59]

A framework for evaluating the sustainability of collaborative working

To provide formative evaluation of future collaborative initiatives and analysis of collaborative working

29. Leffers, J. and Mitchell, E [88]

Conceptual Framework for Partnership and Sustainability in Global Health Nursing.

To offer guidance and a framework for partnership and sustainability for nurses who participate in global efforts

30. Lennox et al. [56]

The Long Term Success Tool (LTST)

To support those implementing improvements reflect on 12 key factors to identify risks and prompt actions to increase chances of sustainability over time

31. Luke, D.A. [36]

Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT)

To assess and plan for sustainability risks and develop an action plans

32. Maher, L. et al. [61]

NHS III Sustainability Model

To predict the likelihood of sustainability and guide teams to things they could do to increase the chances that changes will be sustained

33. Mancini, J.A. and Marek, L.I [37]

Model of community-based program sustainability/Program Sustainability Index (PSI)

To evaluate community-based programme sustainability

34. May, C. and Finch, T [89]

Normalisation Process Theory

To explore the social organisation of the work (implementation), of making practices routine elements of everyday life (embedding), and of sustaining embedded practices in their social contexts (integration)

35. May, C. et al. [51]

Normalisation Process Model

To assist in explaining the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care practice

36. Melnyk, B. and Fineout-Overholt, E [90]

The ARCC (Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration) model

To provide health care systems with a conceptual framework to guide system-wide implementation and sustainability of EBP for the purpose of improving quality of care and patient outcomes

37. Nelson, D.E. et at [39]

The five basic elements of program sustainability

To suggest five basic elements of programme sustainability for tobacco control programmes, to understand the factors associated with success

38. Nystrom, M.E. et al. [91]

Strategies to facilitate implementation and sustainability of large system transformations

To provide an approach to implement and sustain a large national change programme

39. Okeibunor, J. et al. [60]

A model for evaluating the sustainability of community-directed treatment

To provide critical indicators of project performance to evaluate sustainability

40. Olsen, I. T [92]

Sustainability of health care: A framework for analysis

To study the sustainability of health services in developing countries

41. Parand, A [38]

Strategies to sustain Safer Patient Initiative (SPI)

To recommend strategies to facilitate the sustainability of a quality and safety improvement collaborative

42. Persaud, D [52]

The ELIAS (Enhancing Learning, Innovation, Adaptation, and Sustainability) Performance Management Framework

To improve the sustainability of healthcare organisations

43. Rasschaert, F. et al. [93]

Conceptual framework on sustainability of community-based programmes

To explore the data retrieved and to identify factors influencing the sustainability

44. Racine, D.P [66]

Model of sustaining innovations in their effectiveness

To suggest a comprehensive conceptual framework of programmatic, organisational and environmental factors that may shape the circumstances for sustaining and replicating effectiveness

45. Roy, M. et al. [48]

Framework for Sustained Retention

To understand sustained retention, highlight barriers specific to sustained retention and review interventions addressing long-term, sustained retention

46. Rudd, R. E. et al. [94]

A five-stage model for sustaining a community campaign

The five-stage model offers a mechanism for expanding the life of a campaign

47. Sarriot, E.G. et al. [31]

Child Survival Sustainability Assessment (CSSA) framework and process

To provide a process for a participatory sustainability assessment with communities and local partners

48. Sarriot, E.G. et al. [28]

The Sustainability Framework

To organise thinking about sustainability as well as inform planning, management, and evaluation of activities in order to improve and maintain health outcomes at a population level

49. Saunders, R.P [64]

LEAP Sustainability Assessment

To assess sustainability of the Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP)

50. Savaya, R [49]

Projected Likelihood of Project’s Continuation

To examine projected sustainability and its predictors along a continuum of forms

51. Schalock, R. et al. [30]

Sustainability model

To consider what factors drive the organisation’s ability to both adapt successfully to change

52. Scheirer, M. and Dearing, J.W [18]

A Generic Conceptual Framework for Sustainability

To guide the sustainability research agenda

53. Schell, S.F. et al. [44]

Capacity for sustainability framework

To provide a framework on sustainability capacity, identifying organisational and contextual characteristics necessary for successfully sustaining programmes over time

54. Shediac-Rizkallah, M.C. & Bone, L.R [8]

Conceptual framework for planning for sustainability of community based health programs

To conceptualise and measure sustainability and provide guidelines to facilitate sustainability in community programmes

55. Shigayeva, A. and Coker, R [15]

Conceptual framework to support analyses of sustainability

To support analyses of sustainability of communicable disease programmes

56. Sivaram, S. and Celentano, D.D [27]

Conceptual framework to develop a strategy that will facilitate sustainability

To develop a strategy that will facilitate sustainability of outreach worker efforts in AIDS prevention

57. Slaghuis, S.S. et al. [32]

A framework and a measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in long-term care

To analyse sustainability of actual changed work practices and evaluate improvement projects

58. Song, B. et al. [50]

The framework for sustainability evaluation of Community based LTC programmes

To evaluating community-based LTC programmes from the sustainability perspective

59. Sridharan, S. et al. [29]

Analysis of strategic plans to assess planning for sustainability of comprehensive community initiatives

To assess planning for sustainability

60. Stefanini, A. and Ruck, N [41]

Conceptual framework to monitor the performance of externally-assisted health projects

To monitor a project’s efforts towards sustainability

61. Story et al. [67]

Conceptual framework for institutionalization of community-focused maternal, newborn & child health strategies

To encourage collaboration and contribute to programme planning and policy making for the institutionalisation of community-focused health strategies

62. Tuyet Hanh, T.T. et al. [40]

Framework for Evaluating the Sustainability of Community-based Dengue Control Projects

To provide a framework and tool for assessing sustainability