Collective Efficacy: Development and Validation of a Measurement Scale for Use in Public Health and Development Programmes.

ABSTRACT: Impact evaluations of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions have demonstrated lower than expected health gains, in some cases due to low uptake and sustained adoption of interventions at a community level. These findings represent common challenges for public health and development programmes relying on collective action. One possible explanation may be low collective efficacy (CE)-perceptions regarding a group's ability to execute actions related to a common goal. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a metric to assess factors related to CE. We conducted this research within a cluster-randomised sanitation and hygiene trial in Amhara, Ethiopia. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were carried out to examine underlying structures of CE for men and women in

SUBMITTER: Delea MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211028 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature