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Table 1

A heuristic for determining program maturity

Evidence support for program	Stages of program development
Evidence support for program	Concept phase	Pilot phase	Implementation phase	Scale Up phase
Not supported by evidence	1	6	11	16
Evidence-informed
Level 1: TOC	2	7	12	17
Level 2: developmental or process evaluation	3	8	13	18
Evidence-based
Level 1: pre-post outcome evaluation	4	9	14	19
Level 2: outcome evaluation with control group	5	10	15	20

Evidence support for program	Stages of program development
Evidence support for program	Concept phase	Pilot phase	Implementation phase	Scale Up phase
Not supported by evidence	1	6	11	16
Evidence-informed
Level 1: TOC	2	7	12	17
Level 2: developmental or process evaluation	3	8	13	18
Evidence-based
Level 1: pre-post outcome evaluation	4	9	14	19
Level 2: outcome evaluation with control group	5	10	15	20

Note:

TOC = Theory of change