Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement

Robert M Goodman; Marjorie A Speers; Kenneth Mcleroy; Stephen Fawcett; Michelle Kegler; Edith Parker; Steven Rathgeb Smith; Terrie D Sterling; Nina Wallerstein

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Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement

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Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement

Robert M Goodman, Marjorie A Speers, Kenneth Mcleroy, Stephen Fawcett, Michelle Kegler, Edith Parker, Steven Rathgeb Smith, Terrie D Sterling and Nina Wallerstein

Health education & behavior, Vol.25(3), pp.258-278

06/1998

DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500303

PMID: 9615238

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Abstract

Although community capacity is a central concern of community development experts, the concept requires clarification. Because of the potential importance of community capacity to health promotion, the Division of Chronic Disease Control and Community Intervention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), convened a symposium in December 1995 with the hope that a consensus might emerge regarding the dimensions that are integral to community capacity. This article describes the dimensions that the symposium participants suggested as central to the construct, including participation and leadership, skills, resources, social and interorganizational networks, sense of community, understanding of community history, community power, community values, and critical reflection. The dimensions are not exhaustive but may serve as a point of departure to extend and refine the construct and to operationalize ways to assess capacity in communities.

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Title: Subtitle: Identifying and Defining the Dimensions of Community Capacity to Provide a Basis for Measurement
Creators: Robert M Goodman - Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1501 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-2824; phone: 584-3539; fax: 584-3540
Marjorie A Speers - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
Kenneth Mcleroy - Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Stephen Fawcett - Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development, University of Kansas
Michelle Kegler - Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Edith Parker - Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor
Steven Rathgeb Smith - Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle
Terrie D Sterling - Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Nina Wallerstein - Department of Family, Community, and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Health education & behavior, Vol.25(3), pp.258-278
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500303
PMID: 9615238
NLM abbreviation: Health Educ Behav
ISSN: 1090-1981
eISSN: 1552-6127
Language: English
Date published: 06/1998
Academic Unit: Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984063115902771

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