To survive, an idea must meet certain criteria: technical feasibility, value acceptability (proposals compatible with values of the policy community), and anticipation of future constraints (the chance of proposals being politically, publically, and financially acceptable).
Interviews will be carried out with a purposive sample of 40 60 patients to explore the accessibility of the service, the value, acceptability and influence of telephone and face-to-face care, and how services could be improved.
Although the more educated composition of our sample may at first sight appear to undermine the value of the present findings, it is striking that the participants from this well-educated group still relied heavily on their personalised norms for assessing value acceptability.
Furthermore, there remains no evidence of DARE's efficacy or efficiency (i.e. sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value), the acceptability of DARE for doctors, nor any cost-effectiveness evaluation of DARE.
Also, reference values and acceptability criteria vary between protocols, which raises the question of whether it would be possible to have a mammography system complying with a test procedure and acceptability criteria, whereas using another test procedure the system would fail.
Table 2 outlines why retinopathy screening was considered a "quick win" proposal, in line with the criteria for survival in the policy stream: technical feasibility, alignment with dominant values, and acceptability in light of future constraints.
This study aimed to determine the accuracy (i.e. sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value) and acceptability of computer administered self report of smoking among socially disadvantaged individuals accessing a social and community service organisation (SCSO) for welfare support.
The pilot generated a range of practical insights related to the perceived value and acceptability of the toolkit by practitioners.
Most importantly, the on-site partners must be involved and invited to give feedback on the value and acceptability of the project, and a formal needs assessment can be a valuable tool.
(Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and acceptability) Assessment includes: There should be a suitable test or examination (W&J5).
