Reframing Coalitions as Systems Interventions
A Network Study Exploring the Contribution of a Youth Violence Prevention Coalition to Broader System Capacity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11054830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly D Bess (Department of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College of Education and Human Development Vanderbilt University Peabody 90 37203 Nashville TN USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 381-395 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10464-015-9715-1 |
| PMID | 25828646 |
| OpenAlex | W1981370507 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 36 |
This longitudinal research conceptualizes community coalitions as events in local intervention systems (Hawe et al. in Am J Commun Psychol 43(3–4):267–276, 2009 ). It explores the potential contribution coalitions make, through the collaborative activities of their members, to the broader intervention systems in which they are embedded. Using social network analysis, it examines patterns of structural change in a network of 99 organizations focused on youth violence prevention (YVP) over a 5‐year period in which 30 of the 99 organizations were involved in a local YVP Coalition. Both longitudinal modeling and cross sectional analyses are used to examine change in system capacity—strong interorganizational networks—related to patterns of network density, centralization, and hierarchy. Somewhat surprisingly, the study found that capacity in the broader YVP Intervention System actually diminished during the 5‐year period of the coalition’s operation, though part of the system—the sub‐network that made up the YVP Coalition—was marginally strengthened. In this case, therefore, the evidence suggests that power and relational resources in the broader YVP Intervention System were redistributed. The article explores how the definition of capacity related to density and hierarchy may be contextually dependent. Implications for the role of coalitions in building system capacity are discussed
Cognitive reframing · Environmental health · Health psychology · Hierarchy · Intervention (counseling) · Poison control · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Social capital · Social network analysis · Social science · Social system · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |