Table 3 The domains of benefits, metrics and indicators
From: Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific
Domain of benefit (identified from the logic model) | Metric | Indicator |
|---|---|---|
Community and health benefits | Consumer knowledge and awareness of health risks associated with salt and sugar consumption | % of improvement in knowledge |
% of improvement in attitudes | ||
% of improvement in behaviour | ||
Reduced affordability of processed foods (depending on intervention) | % of absolute/relative change in processed food prices | |
Reduced availability of processed foods (depending on intervention) | # of high-sodium/high-sugar products readily available in schools, supermarkets, workplaces | |
Reduced consumption of processed foods (depending on intervention) | % reduction in processed foods consumption | |
Product reformulation (depending on intervention) | % decrease in sodium content of processed food products | |
% decrease in sugar content of processed food products | ||
Reduction in salt/sugar intake | % reduction in daily sodium intake | |
% reduction in daily sugar intake | ||
Public health system and policy strengthening | Adoption of a new system for monitoring food policy impact in Fiji | New components adopted in the monitoring activity included in Ministry of Health and Medical Services plans |
Adoption of new targets based on new data sets in Fiji | Inclusion of sodium and sugar intake target levels with deadlines in Ministry of Health and Medical Services plans | |
Changes to current food policies in Fiji | # of changed policies or plans (aspirational) | |
New school policies on food implemented in Fijian schools (depending on intervention) | # of schools implementing new (or existing) food policies to target the consumption and availability of unhealthy foods in schools | |
Economic impact | Current and future income of staff associated with the study | Amount of research team wages contributed to the Fijian economy: (total wages) |
# of Fijian research staff receiving wage for participation in this project | ||
Amount of research team wages contributed to the Australian economy: (total wages) | ||
# of Australian research staff receiving wage for participation in this project | ||
# of jobs created in Fiji | ||
# of jobs maintained in Fiji | ||
# of jobs created in Australia | ||
# of jobs maintained in Australia | ||
Amount of additional lifetime income of Ph.D. students | ||
Reduced health system costs and generated revenues (depending on intervention) | Amount of revenue generated with x% increase in SSB tax (economic modelling of SSB taxes in Fiji) (could be economic or policy/legislation) | |
Amount saved with implementing x interventions (economic modelling of salt reduction strategies in Fiji) | ||
Reduced spending on processed foods | Estimate can be calculated based on price data and % of consumption change, estimated for the population based on the cohort data | |
New research financing | Amount of new research funds gained (leveraged funding) | |
Knowledge advancement | New data (sets) | # of new data sets |
# of users who use the new data | ||
# of times new data was used as evidence in writing | ||
Publications (publicly available) | # of peer-reviewed research articles | |
# of other publications (publicly available) | ||
# of citations | ||
# of downloads | ||
# of reads | ||
# of Altmetric score | ||
Newsletters | # of newsletters | |
# of individuals received the newsletters | ||
Results briefs and technical documents | # of results brief and technical documents | |
# of individuals received the briefs and technical documents | ||
# of users of technical documents | ||
Presentations, webinars, workshops | # of presentations in international/regional conferences | |
# of presentations in national conferences | ||
# of workshops for international/regional audience | ||
# of workshops for national audience | ||
# of attended audience | ||
Media and social media | # of media mentions | |
# of mentions on Twitter | ||
# of mentions on Facebook | ||
# of Twitter likes and comments | ||
# of Facebook likes or comments | ||
# of website views | ||
Research capacity and capability-building | Academic qualifications | # of Fijian students associated with the project |
# of Australian students associated with the project | ||
# of master’s degrees earned by Fijian/Samoan staff members | ||
# of Ph.D. degrees earned by Fijian staff members | ||
Researchers and research assistants | # of researchers and research assistants with capacity built in implementation science (any aspect of the project) | |
Knowledge and capabilities in developing and implementing food and nutrition policies | # of Fijian researchers and government officials participated in any aspect of the project | |
New research network | # of Fijian staff who are co-authors on peer-reviewed papers | |
# of Fijian staff who are collaborators on future grants | ||
# of co-applications for future grants |