Indicators developed to evaluate the international framework convention on tobacco control in Iran; a grounded theory study

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to develop indicators for evaluating the implementation of The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [FCTC] in Iran. We used the "grounded theory" framework. Totally, 265 policy-makers, stakeholders, and community members were recruited by purposeful sampling in 2008. After analyzing the gathered data, 251 indicators, including 82 indicators as "applied indicators", were derived from second-level codes for three groups. A suitable evaluation questionnaire can be designed based on the extracted indicators for policy makers, stakeholders, and the community to follow the implementation of the FCTC in Iran