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Table 2 Descriptive criteria of the Five P’s for effective implementation and scale up (Step 1)

From: Implementation and scale up of population physical activity interventions for clinical and community settings: the PRACTIS guide

The Five P’s

Descriptive criteria

1. People

The type and number of people that the intervention will reach, and the individuals that will be involved/required for implementation and scale-up

2. Place

The settings/organizations that will be involved/required for implementation and scale-up

3. Process

The intervention or implementation process that will occur in practice

4. Provisions

The resources (e.g. human, physical and fiscal) that will be necessary to achieve intervention implementation and scale-up

5. Principles

The underlying principles of the intervention (e.g. individual behavior change) and implementation process (e.g. building capacity for implementation) that will be scaled-up in practice