Facilitators and Challenges to Organizational Capacity Building in Heart Health Promotion

The authors describe the facilitators and challenges to a multisectoral initiative aiming at building organizational capacity for heart health promotion in Nova Scotia, Canada. The research process was guided by participatory action research. The study included 21 organizations from diverse sectors....

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Published in:Qualitative health research 2004-01, Vol.14 (1), p.39-60
Main Authors: Joffres, Christine, Heath, Stephanie, Farquharson, Jane, Barkhouse, Kari, Latter, Celeste, MacLean, David R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Capacity building approach
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Community Participation
Cooperative Behavior
Health
Health Care Coalitions
Health promotion
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health Services Research
Health technology assessment
Heart
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Interviews as Topic
Nova Scotia
Organizational learning
Organizations
Program Evaluation
Regional Health Planning - organization & administration
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Summary:The authors describe the facilitators and challenges to a multisectoral initiative aiming at building organizational capacity for heart health promotion in Nova Scotia, Canada. The research process was guided by participatory action research. The study included 21 organizations from diverse sectors. Participant selection for the data collection was purposive. The authors collected data through organizational reflection logs and one-to-one semistructured interviews and used grounded theory techniques for the data analyses. Factors influencing organizational capacity for heart health promotion varied, depending on the project stage. Nonetheless, leadership, organizational readiness, congruence, research activities, technical supports, and partnerships were essential to capacity-building efforts. Approaches to organizational capacity building should be multileveled, because organizations are influenced by multiple social systems that are not all equally supportive of capacity.
ISSN:1049-7323
1552-7557
DOI:10.1177/1049732303259802