A model-driven approach to qualitatively assessing the added value of community coalitions.

ABSTRACT: Community-based coalitions are commonly formed to plan and to carry out public health interventions. The literature includes evaluations of coalition structure, composition, and functioning; evaluations of community-level changes achieved through coalition activities; and the association between coalition characteristics and various indicators of success. Little information is available on the comparative advantage or "added value" of conducting public health interventions through coalitions as opposed to less structured collaborative mechanisms. This paper describes a qualitative, iterative process carried out with site representatives of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project (CAACP) to identify outcomes directly attributable to coalitions. The process yielded 2 complementary

SUBMITTER: Herman EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3042058 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature