Association between organizational capacity and involvement in chronic disease prevention programming among Canadian public health organizations.

ABSTRACT: In the context of the emerging field of public health services and systems research, this study (i) tested a model of the relationships between public health organizational capacity (OC) for chronic disease prevention, its determinants (organizational supports for evaluation, partnership effectiveness) and one possible outcome of OC (involvement in core chronic disease prevention practices) and (ii) examined differences in the nature of these relationships among organizations operating in more and less facilitating external environments. OC was conceptualized as skills and resources/supports for chronic disease prevention programming. Data were from a census of 210 Canadian public health organizations with mandates for chronic disease prevention. The hypothesized relationships were tested

SUBMITTER: Hanusaik N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4364054 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature