Journal article
Assessing the Capacity of Health Departments to Engage in Community-Based Participatory Public Health
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.93(3), pp.472-476
03/2003
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.3.472
PMCID: PMC1447766
PMID: 12604498
Abstract
Objectives.
We created indicators of local public health agency capacity to engage in community-based participatory public health.
Methods.
We sent a survey of 27 items reflecting aspects of community-based participatory public health to 429 employees in 4 local health departments. Two thirds (n = 282) responded. We performed a factor analysis to identify components of community-based participatory practice.
Results.
We identified 4 factors: (1) the agency’s and (2) the individual employee’s skills in working with community groups and minority populations, (3) the extent and frequency of agency networking, and (4) community participation in health department planning.
Conclusions.
Our findings suggest that it is possible to measure the competencies needed by health department staff to engage in community-based participatory public health.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessing the Capacity of Health Departments to Engage in Community-Based Participatory Public Health
- Creators
- Edith Parker - Edith Parker is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lewis H. Margolis is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eugenia Eng is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carlos Henríquez-Roldán is with the Department of Statistics, University of Valparaíso, Chile, and the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLewis H Margolis - Edith Parker is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lewis H. Margolis is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eugenia Eng is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carlos Henríquez-Roldán is with the Department of Statistics, University of Valparaíso, Chile, and the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillEugenia Eng - Edith Parker is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lewis H. Margolis is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eugenia Eng is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carlos Henríquez-Roldán is with the Department of Statistics, University of Valparaíso, Chile, and the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCarlos Henríquez-Roldán - Edith Parker is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lewis H. Margolis is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Eugenia Eng is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carlos Henríquez-Roldán is with the Department of Statistics, University of Valparaíso, Chile, and the Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.93(3), pp.472-476
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.93.3.472
- PMID
- 12604498
- PMCID
- PMC1447766
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Public Health
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Publisher
- American Journal of Public Health 2003
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2003
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063119302771
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