Mixed-methods approach, with a large number and diverse range of interviewees, and long-term repeated engagement with stakeholders, including feedback and member checking of data and interpretation.
Strengths of the analysis include the mixed-methods approach, the number and diversity of interviewees, the geographic scope and diversity of study sites, and long-term repeated engagement with stakeholders, including feedback and member checking of data and interpretation.
The process of developing the NHIS has been an incremental one, characterised by small-scale, gradual changes and repeated adjustments through various stakeholder engagements during the three phases of development: from 1995 to 1999; 2000 to 2005; and 2006 to 2011.
In considering this WTP in light of repeated exhortations that all stakeholders play a role in the management of construction waste, the study is unique.
Finally questions within topics were randomised and all questions that were compared across stakeholders were repeated verbatim to ensure comparability.
We believe this study highlights the vital importance of early and repeated communication between all stakeholders when such a service is established.
Such analyses combine multiple methodological approaches and need repeating periodically, as stakeholder perspectives often shift significantly over relatively short periods of time.
It became clear that repeated sensitization sessions with the stakeholders were needed.
Therefore, we encourage investigators using protocols that require repeated psychological assessments to engage stakeholders to build support and determine acceptable questionnaire lengths, and other important insights.
Moreover, four types of content (strategic vision, portfolio of activities, resource allocation, and organisational development) were repeated and one (accountability to stakeholders) was almost entirely absent (lowest frequency among all focuses: 0.31 per page).
