Appendix A: Glossary of terms
| Term | Definition | Brief definition |
|---|---|---|
| adoption | Intention, decision, or action to take up a practice, service, or innovation. (Proctor, 2011) | Intention, decision, or action to take up a practice, service or innovation. (Proctor, 2011) |
| antecedente | An event, situation or incident that must occur or be in place for the concept to exist. As a required precondition, it cannot be a defining attribute or a consequence of the concept. (Walker & Avant, 2005) Synonym: Precondition | What must occur or be in place for the concept to exist |
| audit | The official inspection of a division, department, or clinician group, usually by an independent body. An audit is differentiated from more conventional evaluations carried out by an organization during the normal course of operations. (Squires et al., 2019a) | An inspection of a division, department, or clinician group, usually conducted by an independent body.(Squires et al., 2019a) |
