Recommendation | Considerations for each recommendation |
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1. Specify dimensions of a policy’s function. | • Identify the policy goal(s). • Identify the policy type (i.e., big p or little p). • Describe the affected multi-level outer and inner contexts. • Identify capital exchanged. |
2. Specify dimensions of a policy’s form. | • Identify the policy’s origin. • Describe the policy’s structure. • Assess the policy’s dynamism or permanence. • Identify the (un)intended outcomes of policy implementation. |
3. Identify and define the nonlinear phases of policy D&I across outer and inner contexts. | • Describe temporal benchmarks for policy dissemination and implementation processes. |
4. Describe the temporal roles that stakeholders play in policy dissemination and implementation over time. | • Identify key stakeholders (e.g., politicians and/or agency staff who create or influence policy, lobbyists, advocates) and their responsibilities at each defined temporal benchmark. |
5. Consider policy-relevant outer and inner context adaptations. | • Incorporate relevant outer/inner context constructs that are not included in existing frameworks to better explain potential determinants and mechanisms of dissemination and implementation efforts. |
6. Identify and describe bridging factors necessary for policy dissemination and implementation success. | • Identify and describe the structures, relationships, and processes (i.e., bridging factors) that span outer and inner contexts to enhance policy dissemination or implementation. |