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From: Patient navigator team perceptions on the implementation of a citywide breast cancer patient navigation protocol: a qualitative study

CFIR Domain	CFIR Construct	Operational Definition of CFIR Construct for Coding
Implementation Climate	Goals/Purpose	The extent to which participants felt that TRIP objectives were aligned or not aligned with goals/purpose of clinical site
Relative Priority	Any descriptions of how important conducting TRIP activities (the three TRIP components) were at the site. This included perceptions of how much support there was to implement TRIP at the site and instances that show how TRIP was valued or de-valued related to other navigation activities or priorities
Intervention Characteristics	Adaptability	Perceptions of or examples of how the TRIP intervention can be or has been adapted, tailored, refined or reinvented to meet the needs of the local hospital
Complexity	The perceived difficulty or ease of implementing the TRIP intervention at clinical sites, reflected by duration, scope, radicalness, disruptiveness, centrality, and intricacy and number of steps/components required to implement. There should be an evaluative statement about its complexity for something to be included here—not just its use
Relative Advantage	Stakeholders’ perception of the advantage/disadvantage of implementing the TRIP intervention versus current or former practice within the clinic setting
Outer Setting	Cosmopolitanism	The degree to which individuals or the system are working with other sites to manage care for patients
Readiness for Implementation	Access to Knowledge & Information	The extent to which navigators feel training and other materials for the TRIP intervention are accessible, usable and useful