The CI Index (CII): A New Instrument to Evaluate and Foster Collaborative Partnership in Public Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background or objectives

Collective Impact (CI) is the sum of collaborative actions through coalition building to examine and address issues that threaten public health. We sought to develop an instrument to measure CI across diverse health-related organizations.

Methods

The study was performed in 5 phases initiated with a comprehensive literature review through the generation of candidate items using a deductive instrument development approach. A matrix was then created to map assembled items onto related CI domains. An one-hundred and nine (n=109) item questionnaire covering multiple items per domain was administered to 200 health-related organizations selected randomly throughout the United States. Survey data were evaluated using Principal Component Analysis and Kaiser c

SUBMITTER: Salihu HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322632 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature