Activating communities for health promotion

A process evaluation method

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11030827
AutoresThomas M Wickizer (University of Washington), MICHAEL VON KORFF (University of Washington), Allen Cheadle (0000-0003-1967-2096, University of Washington), Jennifer Maeser (University of Washington), Edward H Wagner (0000-0001-5856-6021, University of Washington), D Pearson, Douglas C Pearson (0000-0003-4790-0797, University of Washington), William L Beery (University of Washington), W Beery, Bruce M Psaty (0000-0002-7278-2190, University of Washington)
Ano1993
Volume83
Fascículo4
Páginas561-567
Data de publicação1993-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.83.4.561
PMID8460735
OpenAlexW2141416536
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas12

OBJECTIVES. To date, evaluations of community-based prevention programs have focused on assessing outcomes, not the process of organizing communities for health promotion. An approach was developed to analyze community organization efforts aimed at advancing community health objectives. These organizational processes are referred to as community activation. METHODS. Information was gathered from 762 informants through a key informant survey conducted in 28 western communities. The data collected included informant ratings of community activation and information about interorganizational activities analyzed through network analytic techniques. RESULTS. Activation levels, as measured by informant ratings, varied across communities. Program coordination, as measured by network analysis, occurred, on average, approximately 30% of the time. Higher income communities tended to be more activated than lower income communities. CONCLUSIONS. There is a widely recognized need for improved information about health-related community organization activities. It appears possible to gather such information through key informant surveys and to develop measures of community organization status that can be used in the evaluation of community health promotion programs

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