Mary-Frances MacLellan-Wright|Donna Anderson|Sarah Barber|Neale Smith|Boris Cantin|Rosario Edith Ortiz-Félix|Kim D. Raine
The development of measures of community capacity for community-based funding programs in Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada|Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation|Université Laval|Public Health Agency of Canada|Okanagan University College|University of British Columbia|Public Health Agency of Canada|Public Health Agency of Canada|University of Alberta
improving community capacity influencing actions determinants health immediate outcome many public health agency canadafunding communitybased programs despite importance outcome difficult measure describe contribution funding programs improving community capacity paper reports study conducted develop establish psychometric properties scales measure community capacity address health issues context federally funded communitybased programs literature review national think tank 21 experts informed development first draft scales outlined nine key domains community capacity two focus groups community practitioners provided information face content validity general usability draft instrument revised instrument sent pilot testing 114 community organizations qualitative quantitative analyses performed assess validity reliability usability instrument twentynine organizations returned completed instrument 25 response rate principal component analysis confirmed scale unidimensionality eight multiitem scales component loadings considered good scales loading 060 092 scale internal consistency also considered high alphas 072 086 six eight scales spearmans correlations significant remaining two multiitem scales composed two items indicating two items scale significantly correlated one scale could analyzed quantitatively contained single item triangulation qualitative quantitative results found consistency interpretations scale response sets feedback instrument indicated interest using project planning evaluation psychometric analyses triangulation provided evidence construct validity reliability instrument final instrument covers 9 domains total 26 items fourpoint rating scale section qualitative contextual comments instrument provides quantitative qualitative information community capacity within context scope communitybased funding programs