Knowledge | |
Definition: Stakeholders’ knowledge and understanding of the policy Domains:
| Value scales: 0—No knowledge Stakeholder is not aware of policy 1—Limited knowledge Stakeholder is aware of policy but have minimal knowledge about its purpose or implementation 2—General knowledge Stakeholder has operational knowledge about policy 3—Extensive knowledge Stakeholder understands policy rationale and has operational knowledge of policy |
Interest | |
Definition: Stakeholder’s motivations and perceived impact of policy implementation to their own organisation. Domains:
| Value scales: 0—No interest Policy is not considered a priority and not perceived to impact stakeholder 1—Limited interest Policy is not considered a priority and has minimum impact on stakeholder 2—General interest Policy is a priority and has moderate impact on stakeholder 3—High interest Policy is part of the stakeholder’s core mission and has high perceived impact on stakeholder |
Power | |
Definition: The potential ability of the stakeholder to affect policy implementation Domains:
Possession and control of financial resources
Technical capacity to produce, intrepet and disseminate knowledge and information
| Value scales: 1—Low power Stakeholder possesses and has control over use of one to two sources of power, low potential to affect policy implementation 2—Medium power Stakeholder possesses and has control over use of two to three sources of power, has moderate potential to affect policy implementation 3—High power Stakeholder possesses and has control over use of three to four sources of power, has high potential to affect policy implementation |
Position | |
Definition: Whether the stakeholder supports, opposes or is neutral about policy implementation Domains:
| Value scales: 1—Strong opponent Stakeholder uses potential power to strongly act against policy implementation 2—Moderate opponent Stakeholder uses potential power to moderately act against policy implementation 3—Neutral Stakeholder does not use potential power and does not act for or against policy implementation 4—Moderate support Stakeholder uses potential power to moderately act in support of policy implementation 5—Strong support Stakeholder uses potential power to act strongly in support of policy implementation |
Source: Definitions, domains and value scales for the framework were adapted from elements in the methodological papers and studies of Varvasovsky and Brugha (2000), Schmeer (2000), Abiiro and McIntyre (2013), Lehmann and Gilson (2013), Caniato et al (2014), Dalglish et al (2015) and Sriram et al (2018) and feedback from health policy experts and stakeholders.