Table 2 Actual conditions of best practice transfer (BPT)
From: Best practice transfer by public health nurses in Japan: actual conditions and related factors
|  |  |  |  |  | N = 702 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | n | % | |||
Behavior style and experience | Experience of BPT in service development | Experienced | 303 | 43.2 | |
Experience of difficulty in service development | Experienced | 635 | 90.5 | ||
Expectations for best practice in service development | Existence | 633 | 90.2 | ||
Sources of best practice | Â | Websites of national and local governments | 570 | 81.2 | |
| Â | Â | Trainers and lecturers | 415 | 59.1 | |
| Â | Â | Professional publications | 396 | 56.4 | |
| Â | Â | Other websites | 378 | 53.8 | |
| Â | Â | Inquiry to local governments nearby | 244 | 34.8 | |
| Â | Â | Supervisors | 166 | 23.6 | |
| Â | Â | Colleagues | 123 | 17.5 | |
| Â | Â | Japan Medical Abstracts and other article search tools | 78 | 11.1 | |
| Â | Â | Inquiries to universities | 25 | 3.6 | |
| Â | Â | Other | 24 | 3.4 | |
Workplace environment | Opportunities for learning about BPT | Existence | 247 | 35.2 | |
Desire to learn about BPT | Â | Existence | 603 | 85.9 | |
Organizational culture that promotes BPT | Existence | 364 | 51.9 | ||
Facilitating factors | Knowledge of BPT | Â | Consulted websites and relevant materials | 292 | 41.6 |
| Â | Â | Only heard of it | 235 | 33.5 | |
Awareness of the importance of BPT | Â | Existence | 671 | 95.6 | |
Enhancement factors | Recognition of benefit of BPT for local residents | Â | Existence | 653 | 93.0 |
Expectations for reduced burden by adopting best practice | Existence | 617 | 87.9 | ||
Support and systems required to promote BPT | Supporter | Expert support | 492 | 70.1 | |
Supervisor’s support | 412 | 58.7 | |||
Head’s support | 248 | 35.3 | |||
Material | Case studies available online | 379 | 54.0 | ||
Published case studies | 293 | 41.7 | |||
Introduction video | 97 | 13.8 | |||
| Â | Budget | Production development budget | 580 | 82.6 | |
| Â | Inspection budget | 234 | 33.3 | ||
| Â | Information | Information exchange sessions | 374 | 53.3 | |
| Â | Mailing list for distributing information | 177 | 25.2 | ||
| Â | Periodical magazine | 166 | 23.6 | ||
| Â | Training | Skill training | 404 | 57.5 | |
| Â | Methodological guidelines | 372 | 53.0 | ||
| Â | Review meeting | 237 | 33.8 | ||
| Â | Other | Â | 16 | 2.3 | |
Realization factors | Awareness of the need for criteria to evaluate the quality of practice | Existence | 456 | 65.0 | |
Criteria to evaluate the quality of practice evaluation | Clarification of outcome evaluation | 571 | 81.3 | ||
Clarification of implementation process | 520 | 74.1 | |||
Reaction of local residents | 468 | 66.7 | |||
Clarification of structure including budgeting, staffing and collaborating systems | 403 | 57.4 | |||
| Â | Â | Evaluation by others | 183 | 26.1 | |
| Â | Â | Enthusiasm/thoughts of those involved | 68 | 9.7 | |
| Â | Â | Other | 15 | 2.1 | |
Awareness of the need for criteria to evaluate the applicability of practice to the local community | Existence | 487 | 69.4 | ||
Criteria to evaluate the applicability of best practice | The needs and demands of local residents | 537 | 76.5 | ||
Suitability/affinity with the local community | 530 | 75.5 | |||
Procedural convenience | 400 | 57.0 | |||
| Â | Â | Flexibility to allow improvements | 367 | 52.3 | |
| Â | Â | Clarification of success factors and how to meet challenges | 364 | 51.9 | |
| Â | Â | Ease of explaining to stakeholders | 263 | 37.5 | |
| Â | Â | Enjoyment of the program | 187 | 26.6 | |
| Â | Â | Follow-up from the originator | 79 | 11.3 | |
| Â | Â | Other | 14 | 2.0 | |
Willingness to perform | Willingness to perform BPT going forward | Existence | 586 | 83.5 | |