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Table 2 Contrasting static views of sustainability with the dynamic sustainability framework

From: The dynamic sustainability framework: addressing the paradox of sustainment amid ongoing change

 

Static view

Dynamic sustainability view

Adaptation

Bad; avoided/eliminated

Inevitable; encouraged, monitored and guided by evidence

Context assessment

Initial or during implementation

Ongoing

Outcomes assessment

During study by researchers

Incorporated as part of organization

Review of evidence

Initial- from efficacy studies

Ongoing; from convergent sources including replications

Staffing issues (e.g., turnover) and variations

Ignored/feared

Planned for; investigated

Generates new knowledge

No

Yes, feedback to other areas of science and to earlier stages

  1. Note. This table contrasts more traditional static views of sustainability, in which efforts are made to minimize change and retain the original form of an intervention, from a dynamic sustainability view that we suggest in the DSF, in which change is inevitable and can lead to better fit and ultimately better impact of interventions.