Using social network analysis to understand multisectoral governance in district-level tobacco control programme implementation in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21878756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shinjini Mondal (0000-0001-5115-6169, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru, corresponding author), Upendra Bhojani (0000-0002-9179-6248, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru), Samntha Lobbo (Bangalore Diabetes Centre), Susan Law (0000-0001-5196-2267, University of Toronto), Antonia Maioni (McGill University), Van Belle (0000-0003-2074-0359, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde), Sara Van Belle |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e006471 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006471 |
| PMID | 34992075 |
| OpenAlex | W4205196979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 46 |
INTRODUCTION: Interest in multisectoral policies has increased, particularly in the context of low-income and middle-income countries and efforts towards Sustainable Development Goals, with greater attention to understand effective strategies for implementation and governance. The study aimed to explore and map the composition and structure of a multisectoral initiative in tobacco control, identifying key factors engaged in policy implementation and their patterns of relationships in local-level networks in two districts in the state of Karnataka, India. METHODS: Social network analysis (SNA) was used to examine the structure of two district tobacco control networks with differences in compliance with the India's national tobacco control law. The survey was administered to 108 respondents (n=51 and 57) in two districts, producing three distinct network maps about interaction, information-seeking and decision-making patterns within each district. The network measures of centrality, density, reciprocity, centralisation and E-I index were used to understand and compare across the two districts. RESULTS: Members from the department of health, especially those in the District Tobacco Control Cell, were the most frequently consulted actors for information as they led district-level networks. The most common departments engaged beyond health were education, police and municipal. District 1's network displayed high centralisation, with a district nodal officer who exercised a central role with the highest in-degree centrality. The district also exhibited greater density and reciprocity. District 2 showed a more dispersed pattern, where subdistrict health managers had higher betweenness centrality and acted as brokers in the network. CONCLUSION: Collaboration and cooperation among sectors and departments are essential components of multisectoral policy. SNA provides a mechanism to uncover the nature of relationships and key actors in collaborative dynamics. It can be used as a visual learning tool for policy planners and implementers to understand the structure of actual implementation and concentrate their efforts to improve and enhance collaboration
Betweenness centrality · Business · Centralisation · Centrality · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Public health · Social capital · Social media · Social network analysis · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tobacco control · Community Health and Development · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |