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Table 3 Summary of definition references abstracted to sustainability constructs

From: Developing a comprehensive definition of sustainability

Definition references

Time

Continued delivery

Behavior change

Evolution/adaptation

Continued benefits

Aarons et al. (2011) [33]

  

X

  

Blasinsky et al. [34]

X

X

   

Bossert (1990) [35]

X

X

  

X

Buchanan et al. (2005) [25]

X

 

X

 

X

Chambers et al. (2013) [22]

X

X

 

X

X

Doyle et al. (2013) [36]

  

X

 

X

Evashwick and Ory (2003) [37]

X

X

   

Fleiszer et al. (2015) [26]

X

X

 

X

X

Glasgow et al. (1999) [23]

X

X

X

 

X

Goodman et al. (1993) [38]

 

X

   

Greenhalgh et al. (2004) [2]

  

X

  

Gruen et al. (2008) [20]

 

X

  

X

Johnson et al. (2004) [27]

 

X

 

X

X

Mancini and Marek (2004) [39]

 

X

  

X

National Health Service (2007) [24]

X

 

X

X

X

Olsen (1998) [40]

    

X

Paine-Andrews et al. (2000) [30]

X

X

X

  

Pluye et al. (2004) [41]

 

X

 

X

 

Scheirer (2005) [13]

X

X

  

X

Schell et al. (2013) [42]

X

X

  

X

Shediac-Rizkallah and Bone (1998) [19]

 

X

  

X

Stetler et al. (2007) [43]

X

 

X

 

X

Stirman et al. (2012) [11]

X

X

 

X

X

Swerissen and Crisp (2004) [44]

 

X

  

X