Data on patients hospitalized before (1 August 2004 to 30 November 2005) and after (1 February 2006 to 31 May 2007) implementation of the policy was collected to assess the net effect of the policy.
Hospital policies were collected, translated and rated for incorporated components necessary to implement a smoke-free policy.
During the course of the study, additional documents (e.g. health facility statistics, reports from regional authorities, minutes of management committee meetings, mission reports from the Swiss Red Cross, national policies) were collected and analysed.
Specifically, data for country of focus, document type, policy initiative, jurisdictional focus, provider type, and policy nature were collected.
Data on MSP in the various countries, as well as on the effectiveness of the policy intervention, were collected using pre-game, in-game and post-game questionnaires, combined with the analysis of MSP processes and outcomes in a digital map tool and observations.
Age-standardized smoking prevalence data and policy measures were collected from various WHO reports.
Per school policy, data were collected documenting each student absence as reported by parents.
Regulatory and policy documents were collected from the interviewees and from the websites of the Nepal medicine regulatory agency, WHO and donors.
Data from all the psychiatrists and health policy directors were collected by the lead investigator (VIOA) through face-to-face contact.
School-level policy data were collected from school administrators using the Physical Activity Module of the Healthy School Planner tool, and built environment data were provided by the Enhanced Points of Interest data resource.
