How does community context influence coalitions in the formation stage? a multiple case study based on the Community Coalition Action Theory

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• Alternative Title:
  BMC Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Kegler, Michelle C ; Rigler, Jessica ; Honeycutt, Sally
• Description:
  Background
  
  Community coalitions are rooted in complex and dynamic community systems. Despite recognition that environmental factors affect coalition behavior, few studies have examined how community context impacts coalition formation. Using the Community Coalition Action theory as an organizing framework, the current study employs multiple case study methodology to examine how five domains of community context affect coalitions in the formation stage of coalition development. Domains are history of collaboration, geography, community demographics and economic conditions, community politics and history, and community norms and values.
  
  Methods
  
  Data were from 8 sites that participated in an evaluation of a healthy cities and communities initiative in California. Twenty-three focus groups were conducted with coalition members, and 76 semi-structured interviews were conducted with local coordinators and coalition leaders. Cross-site analyses were conducted to identify the ways contextual domains influenced selection of the lead agency, coalition membership, staffing and leadership, and coalition processes and structures.
  
  Results
  
  History of collaboration influenced all four coalition factors examined, from lead agency selection to coalition structure. Geography influenced coalition formation largely through membership and staffing, whereas the demographic and economic makeup of the community had an impact on coalition membership, staffing, and infrastructure for coalition processes. The influence of community politics, history, norms and values was most noticeable on coalition membership.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Findings contribute to an ecologic and theory-based understanding of the range of ways community context influences coalitions in their formative stage.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Administrative Personnel Capacity Building Cooperative Behavior Economics Health Care Coalitions Humans Interviews As Topic Leadership Models, Theoretical Organizational Case Studies Organizational Innovation Politics Program Development Program Evaluation Research Article Residence Characteristics Social Change Social Values

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• Source:
  BMC Public Health. 2010; 10:90.
• Pubmed ID:
  20178633
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2842234
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP 000043/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Volume:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4e65fa2950884ce520942960bd90a947bc2c96a33deeb2b4eb26f6c619f661db
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22921/cdc_22921_DS1.pdf
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