Coalition building for prevention: lessons learned from the North Carolina Community-Based Public Health Initiative

This article examines the four-year development of the North Carolina Community-Based Public Health Initiative consortium (NC CBPHI). The NC CBPHI consisted of four separate county coalitions and differed in both its agenda and membership from the many examples of coalitions described in the literat...

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Published inJournal of public health management and practice Vol. 4; no. 2; p. 25
Main Authors Parker, E A, Eng, E, Laraia, B, Ammerman, A, Dodds, J, Margolis, L, Cross, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1998
Subjects
Community Health Planning
Community Networks
Humans
North Carolina
Organizational Objectives
Preventive Health Services - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
North Carolina
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Summary:This article examines the four-year development of the North Carolina Community-Based Public Health Initiative consortium (NC CBPHI). The NC CBPHI consisted of four separate county coalitions and differed in both its agenda and membership from the many examples of coalitions described in the literature. This article presents and describes evaluation findings that identify six factors as important in coalition functioning and success in the CBPHI coalitions. These factors are: participation, communication, governance and rules for operation, staff/coalition member relationships, technical assistance and skills training, and conflict recognition and containment. Selected CBPHI coalition activities are also described and implications for public health practitioners are presented.
ISSN:1078-4659
DOI:10.1097/00124784-199803000-00005