Abstract
This article describes the development of two measures for the capacity of local public health initiatives. Data obtained from a qualitative study of eight community-based initiatives served as the basis for the development of a survey instrument. It was administered to a national sample of both leaders and nonleaders of 291 such initiatives. Because survey results for leaders and nonleaders differed, results could not be combined into a single data set for analysis. Results for each data set were analyzed by employing exploratory principal components and factor analyses. A 44-item, six-factor scale resulted for leaders and a 38-item, five-factor scale resulted for nonleaders. The high degree of overlap (22 items) between the two scales resulted in a combined 60-item instrument that can be administered to both leaders and nonleaders but analyzed separately.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 298-315 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Health Education and Behavior |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Community capacity
- Community health initiatives
- Community health measures
- Social protective factors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health