Fig 1.
Example of Theory of Change framework.
Source: De Silva et al., 2014, p.4 [13].
Fig 2.
Example of theory of change for an intervention.
Source: Sapkota et al., 2019, p.6 [14].
Table 1.
PCCS acronym for the research question.
Fig 3.
Source: authors’ elaboration, adapted from PRISMA 2020 [35].
Table 2.
Definitions of ToC from the included studies.
Table 3.
Frequency of each stage of ToC development.
Table 4.
Synthesis of Stages in ToC development and their respective activities.
Table 5.
Stages for ToC development.
Table 6.
Methods used by the included studies for evidence incorporation.