Development and Feasibility Testing of the Clinical-Community Linkage Self-Assessment Survey for Community Organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical-community linkages (CCLs) can improve health, but few instruments exist to evaluate these partnerships. To address this gap, we develop and test the Clinical-Community Linkage Self-Assessment Survey (CCL Self-Assessment).

Materials and methods

We built on an existing framework and conducted a literature review to guide the design of our survey, and obtained feedback from academic, clinical, and community-based experts. To pretest the instrument, we conducted 10 think-aloud interviews with community-based health-promotion organizations. We performed feasibility testing with 38 staff from 20 community organizations, followed by criterion-validity testing.

Results

The 15-item final instrument includes five domains: Nature of the Relationship, Commun

SUBMITTER: Fishleder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9163549 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature