Table 1 Defining SPATIAL
From: Enhancing SARA: a new approach in an increasingly complex world
Scan | Identify existing and emerging issues and begin to develop define problem |
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Prioritise | Assess problems against agreed criteria and against other priorities |
Analyse | Collect and analyse data to understand and define the problem and identify points for intervention |
Task | Identify appropriate responses to problem and allocate resources to deliver agreed intervention(s) |
Intervene | Implement planned interventions in an effective and timely manner (categorised as enforcement, engagement/education and environmental/engineering) |
Assess | Evaluate the impact of interventions on the problem using evidence led techniques as appropriate |
Learn | Capture the learning from the assessment stage and apply it to other problems with similar characteristics (building a ‘what works’ library and menu of interventions) |