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Table 2 Emergent Themes: Strategies categorized within EPIS framework

From: The prospects for sustaining evidence-based responses to the US opioid epidemic: state leadership perspectives

 

Theme responses by leader type

Current (n = 8)

Former (n = 8)

n (%)

n (%)

Outer Context

 Inter-organizational

  Involving stakeholders

6 (75.0)

X

   Technical assistance

3 (37.5)

X

   Creating buy-in

2 (25.0)

X

   Selecting champions

1 (12.5)

X

  Engaging leadership

3 (37.5)

8 (100.0)

  Enacting policy change

1 (12.5)

2 (25.0)

 Consumer Support/Advocacy

  Raising awareness

4 (50.0)

X

Inner Context

 Intra-organizational

  Workforce/credentialing

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

   Capacity development

6 (75.0)

1 (12.5)

   Demonstrating outcomes

2 (25.0)

X

   Primary prevention initiatives

2 (25.0)

X

  1. X: Not identified as a theme among interviewees in this group