Using social networks to scale up and sustain community-based programmes to improve physical activity and diet in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Table 1 Scoping review sub-questions

Descriptive	What is the volume of publications?
	What are the research designs of the publications?
	What is the geographical scope of the publications?
	Who are the publication authors?
Social networks	What types of networks and/or network interventions are described in the publications? What are they used for?
	Who is involved in the network(s)?
	What value, if any, do social networks bring to community-based programmes?
Community-based programmes	What types of community-based programmes are covered?
	What activities are included in the community-based programmes? Who is included? (age, sex, gender, health and economic status)
	Who is implementing these programmes? What settings are used for the programmes?
	What theories/theoretical approaches underpin the community-based programmes?
Scale-up and sustainability	What scale-up/sustainability theories are utilised in the publications?
Scale-up and sustainability	How is scale-up and/or sustainability conceptualised or operationalised?
Mechanisms	Are any potential mechanisms of scale-up and sustainability explored in the publications?

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