Knowledge of results required for financial investment
SAID
For organizations to support routine SUp provision, participants in management roles needed to “see what the results are first” (SM#2). They stated that having data would strengthen a business case for ongoing funding. A manager said, “it would be tremendous to see the results of the overall research because it always just reinforces that you’re on the right track with something. And it should drive business decisions,” (Mgmt#5) and knowing that “(SUp) would be evidence based and proven” (SM#4) would be crucial to being able to fund the delivery of SUp after the program of research finished. There was also an awareness of the economics of being able to deliver the program in a group setting: “I think group exercise session is probably a much better bang for your buck, because you’re covering off a large group” (SM#2). This perhaps reflects the dominant discourse of evidence-based practice entrenched in health care services.