Facilitators and Challenges to Organizational Capacity Building in Heart Health Promotion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4638433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Joffres (Dalhousie University), Stephanie Heath (0000-0002-9257-1083, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada), Jane Farquharson (Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada), Kari Barkhouse (Public Health Services, South Shore Health, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada), Celeste Latter (Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada), David R Maclean (Institute for Health Research & Education (IHRE), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-60 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732303259802 |
| PMID | 14725175 |
| OpenAlex | W2096013178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 14 |
The authors describe the facilitators and challenges to a multisectoral initiative aiming at building organizational capacity for heart health promotion in Nova Scotia, Canada. The research process was guided by participatory action research. The study included 21 organizations from diverse sectors. Participant selection for the data collection was purposive. The authors collected data through organizational reflection logs and one-to-one semistructured interviews and used grounded theory techniques for the data analyses. Factors influencing organizational capacity for heart health promotion varied, depending on the project stage. Nonetheless, leadership, organizational readiness, congruence, research activities, technical supports, and partnerships were essential to capacity-building efforts. Approaches to organizational capacity building should be multileveled, because organizations are influenced by multiple social systems that are not all equally supportive of capacity
Action research · Business · Capacity building · Citizen journalism · Data collection · Health promotion · Knowledge management · Organization development · Organizational commitment · Organizational learning · Participatory action research · Pedagogy · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |