CFIR domain | Definition |
---|---|
Intervention characteristics | Features of the intervention that may affect implementation. Has eight constructs: intervention source, evidence strength and quality, relative advantage, adaptability, trialability, complexity, design quality and packaging, and cost. |
Outer setting | Characteristics of the external context that might influence implementation. Has four constructs: patient needs and resources, cosmopolitanism, peer pressure, and external policy and incentives. |
Inner settings | Characteristics of the organization that may influence implementation with 12 constructs. These are structural characteristics, networks and communication, culture, implementation climate (tension for change, compatibility, relative priority, organizational incentives and rewards, goals and feedback and learning climate) and readiness for implementation (leadership engagement, available resources and access to knowledge and information). |
Characteristics of individuals involved | Features of implementers that influence intervention implementation with five constructs: knowledge and beliefs about the intervention, self-efficacy, individual stage of change, individual identification with organization and other personal attributes. |
Process factors | Strategies and linkages that may influence implementation including planning, engaging (opinion leaders, formally appointed internal implementation leaders, champions and external change agents), executing, and reflecting and evaluating. |