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Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool (ISAT)

Qualitative/Quantitative:
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  • Quantitative

Type of Instrument:
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  • Survey

Number of Items:
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19

Subscale Information:
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The Problem (1)
The Program/Intervention (1)
Strategic/Political Context (2)
Evidence of Effectiveness (1)
Intervention Costs (1)
Fidelity and Adaptation (3)
Delivery Setting and Workforce (4)
Implementation Infrastructure (1)
Sustainability (3)

Language Availability:
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  • English
  • French

Brief Description:
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The Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool (ISAT) was developed to support policy-makers and practitioners to make systematic assessments of the suitability of health interventions for scale-up.

Citing Literature - Development/Original:
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Milat, A., Lee, K., Conte, K., Grunseit, A., Wolfenden, L., van Nassau, F., Orr, N., Sreeram, P., & Bauman, A. (2020). Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers. Health research policy and systems, 18(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0494-2. PMID: 31900230; PMCID: PMC6942323.

Citing Literature - Empirical Use/Application:
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Lee, K., Milat, A., Grunseit, A., Conte, K., Wolfenden, L., & Bauman, A. (2020). The Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: a pilot study assessing five interventions for scalability. Public health research & practice, 30(2), 3022011. https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3022011. PMID: 32601656.

Grady, A., Jackson, J., Wolfenden, L., Lum, M., & Yoong, S. L. (2023). Assessing the scalability of healthy eating interventions within the early childhood education and care setting: secondary analysis of a Cochrane systematic review. Public health nutrition, 26(12), 3211–3229. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023002550. PMID: 37990443 PMCID: PMC10755435.

Website:
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Attachments:
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Version:
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10/19/24

Related Instruments:
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  • Intended Focus

      Levels of Data Collection:
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      • Implementer
      • Organizational
      • Community
      • System
      • Policy

      Intended Priority Population:
      information tooltip image Intended priority population from whom data are collected using the assessment instrument

      • Researcher/Evaluator
      • Clinician
      • Administrator
      • Employer
      • System/Policy Maker

      Intended Priority Setting:
      information tooltip image Intended priority setting in which the assessment instrument is used

      • Clinical Outpatient
      • Clinical Inpatient
      • Residential Care
      • Community Organization
      • Public Health Agency
      • School
      • Workplace

      Policy:
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      Equity Focus:

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  • Psychometric Properties

      Scoring:
      information tooltip image The assessment instrument produces a composite score

      Yes

      Norms:
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      Responsiveness:
      information tooltip image The ability of the assessment instrument to detect change over time (i.e., sensitivity to change or intervention effects).

      Yes

      Validity:
      information tooltip image The extent to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure accurately.

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      Reliability:
      information tooltip image The extent to which results are consistent results over time, across raters, across settings, or across items intended to measure the same thing.

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      Factor Analysis:
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  • Pragmatic Properties

      Time to Administer:
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      Secondary Data:

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      Cost:
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      Free

      Literacy:
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      Interpretation:
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      Training:
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      Resources Required to Administer:
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      None/Low

      User Guidance:
      information tooltip image Guides are provided to support administration of assessment instrument/data collection, and/or analysis of data from the assessment instrument, and/or interpretation of data, and/or action/decision on how to use data

      • Guidance to Administer
      • Guidance to Analyze
      • Guidance to Interpret
      • Guidance for Action/Decision

      Obtrusiveness:
      information tooltip image Degree of intrusion the participants will experience because of the data collection when using the assessment instrument (e.g., assessment instruments that rely on use of secondary data or automated data will be less obtrusive)

      • Medium: Asyncronous collection of data
      • High: Observation and syncronous collection of data

      Interactivity:
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      • Adaptive Instrument
      • Generative Outcome