Table 1 The process of stakeholder’s analysis in childhood obesity prevention policies
From: Stakeholder analysis of childhood obesity prevention policies in Iran
| stage | Name of stage | Processes of each stage |
|---|---|---|
| First stage | Planning the process |
• Formation three sessions working group • Definition the purpose of the analysis, determining the approximate timeline, how to conduct the interview process, determining the goals and how to use the results during the sessions • Review relevant website, documents and articles |
| Second stage | Selecting and defining a policy |
• Consulted a number of policy makers (to define child and adolescent obesity prevention policies) • Coordination meeting with the research team |
| Third stage | Identifying key stakeholders | • Develop the priority stakeholders list with possible to be added in the next steps as snowballs |
| Forth stage | Adapting the tools |
• Developed a standard questionnaire (open-end) for interviewing stakeholders • Review existing information from possible sources (e.g. newspapers, institutional reports and publications, websites and other available documents) • Develop the interview protocol: (conducted as pretest the interview guideline with 4 nonpriority stakeholders to determine the comfortable, understands the questions and the time line of interviews) |
| Fifth stage | Collecting and recording the information |
• Conducting interviews (after previous coordination) • Created a separate electronic file for each stakeholder • Enter the stakeholder’s answers for each question into the computer (immediately following the interview) |
| Sixth stage | Filling in the stakeholder table | • Transferred the interview responses to the table (using the completed interview guidelines and electronic files for each of stakeholders) |
| Seventh stage | Analyzing the stakeholder table |
• Analyze the findings in the results of interviews using policy maker and MAXQDA10 software. • Divide the stakeholders into nine groups which are shown in the form of a matrix in Table 3. |
| Eighth stage | Using the information | • The results of the analysis were collected so that it could be used in various areas such as action plans to increase support for a reform policy, policymakers and policy providers |