Public Health has long led the fight against unjust health disparities within the
United States. More and more health educators have had to rely on the social capital of
underserved communities via Community Coalitions. Throughout this study, the
significance and growth of coalitions and its importance within the field of Public Health
was highlighted. The purpose of this study was to test the operational constructs within
the Community Coalition Action Theory (CCAT), mainly the constructs of 1) stages of
coalition development, 2) membership engagement, 3) leadership, 4) coalition structures
& processes, as well as 5) perceived coalition ownership in explaining 6) perceived
coalition capacity effectiveness (dependent variable). Results of this study revealed that
perceived coalition capacity effectiveness was best predicted by stage of coalition
development and perceived coalition ownership. This model accounted for 55.5% of the
variance within this study when explaining the high impact participants achieved in
regard to their perceived coalition capacity effectiveness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/3153 |
| Date | 12 April 2006 |
| Creators | Torrence, William Alvin |
| Contributors | Guidry, Jeffrey J. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | 501697 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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