Table 2 Characteristics of the 131 documents
|  | Agency 1 (n = 24) n (%) | Agency 2 (n = 21) n (%) | Agency 3 (n = 22) n (%) | Agency 4 (n = 23) n (%) | Agency 5 (n = 24) n (%) | Agency (n = 17) n (%) | Total (N = 131) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Document type: | |||||||
 Internal strategy | 4 (17) | 4 (19) | 5 (23) | 4 (17) | 7 (29) | 5 (29) | 29 (22) |
 Evaluation | 4 (17) | 0 (0) | 4 (18) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (18) | 13 (9.9) |
 Recommendations or guidelines | 7 (29) | 8 (38) | 6 (27) | 14 (61) | 5 (21) | 6 (35) | 46 (35) |
 Description of specific program | 8 (33) | 8 (38) | 5 (23) | 2 (8.7) | 6 (25) | 2 (12) | 31 (24) |
 Research report | 1 (4.2) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (4.3) | 6 (25) | 1 (6) | 12 (9.2) |
New document/policy (not update) (y/n) | |||||||
 No | 6 (25) | 8 (38) | 0 (0) | 4 (17) | 5 (21) | 5 (29) | 28 (21) |
 Yes | 18 (75) | 13 (62) | 21 (95) | 19 (83) | 19 (79) | 12 (71) | 102 (78) |
 Data not available | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
Topic relates to a highly researched area | |||||||
 No | 5 (21) | 4 (19) | 6 (27) | 12 (52) | 11 (46) | 13 (76) | 51 (39) |
 Somewhat/partially | 8 (33) | 10 (48) | 5 (23) | 4 (17) | 8 (33) | 4 (24) | 39 (30) |
 Yes | 10 (42) | 6 (29) | 10 (45) | 7 (30) | 5 (21) | 0 (0) | 38 (29) |
 Data not available | 1 (4.2) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (15) |
Data collected to inform the document: | |||||||
 No | 14 (58) | 17 (81) | 10 (45) | 10 (43) | 18 (75) | 10 (59) | 79 (60) |
 Yes, qualitative data | 7 (29) | 2 (9.5) | 6 (27) | 6 (26) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 22 (17) |
 Yes, quantitative data | 3 (13) | 2 (9.5) | 3 (14) | 7 (30) | 4 (17) | 5 (29) | 24 (18) |
 Yes, qualitative and quantitative | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) |
 Data not available | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (12) | 4 (3) |
Policy must align with legislation or overarching agency’s policy (y/n) | |||||||
 No | 20 (83) | 18 (86) | 21 (95) | 22 (96) | 23 (96) | 11 (65) | 115 (88) |
 Yes | 4 (17) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.2) | 6 (35) | 15 (11) |
 Data not available | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |