Table 4 Study themes and subthemes
Theme 1: ‘Swimming against the tide’ to lead change | Theme 2: Shifting organizational practice environments | Theme 3: Bridging policy implementation gaps |
|---|---|---|
• Ideological tensions • Essential competency development • Novel access and engagement with external partners | • Strategic role placement • Structurally embedding health equity | • Gap between public health standards and public health practice environments • Gap between flexible intention and implementation • Gap in reporting processes –‘walking the social justice talk’ |