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Table 2 Local health district teams’ use of informal technologies, by type and function

From: Capturing implementation knowledge: applying focused ethnography to study how implementers generate and manage knowledge in the scale-up of obesity prevention programs

Function

Number of teams using tools, by function

Type of informal tool observed

Backups, hardcopy

Bespoke IT system

Email

Filing system: paper

Filing system: electronic

Memory

Online survey tools

Posted documents

Spreadsheet

Task management system

Templates

Relationship management

13

5

1

3

3

4

2

1

2

8

1

10

Monitoring progress towards target achievement

7

5

–

1

1

1

1

4

–

4

–

1

Guiding and troubleshooting PHIMS use

6

3

–

2

–

1

1

–

2

6

2

3

Supporting team work

6

4

–

5

2

3

–

–

–

3

–

1

Conducting evaluation

5

–

–

2

–

–

–

5

–

–

–

–

Recording work that does not count towards HCI implementation

4

–

1

–

–

–

–

1

–

3

–

–

  1. Note: HCI Healthy Children Initiative