STAGE 7. Defining the sustainability and dissemination plan

What steps should be completed?

Step 1: Planning sustainability

ELEMENTS TO ASSESS INTERVENTION SUSTAINABILITY

One Step@a Time suggests that you analyse whether your intervention meets criteria that favour sustainability, based on the following reasons:

REASONS FOR CONTINUING THE INTERVENTION

REASONS FOR ABANDONING THE INTERVENTION

The intervention is high quality* (it is an adaptation of a previous intervention with proven efficacy, or its design easily fulfils quality criteria). It has a wide coverage. The level of population involvement is high. Satisfaction rates are high. The problem persists or is even expected to reappear.

The needs (of the population, region, etc.) have changed. The intervention is poor and fulfils few quality criteria*. There are significant implementation difficulties (e.g., it has multiple requirements that are difficult to achieve). The intervention arouses little interest among the population and the various people involved. The minimum resources (technical, human, financial, etc.) required are unavailable It has limited external support (political, community, etc.)

* It is advisable to perform a quality check on the intervention or review monitoring reports, if there are any.