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- Title
Factors influencing perceived sustainability of Dutch community health programs.
- Authors
VERMEER, A. J. M.; VAN ASSEMA, P.; HESDAHL, B.; HARTING, J.; DE VRIES, N. K.
- Abstract
We assessed the perceived sustainability of community health programs organized by local intersectoral coalitions, as well as the factors that collaborating partners think might influence sustainability. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 31 collaborating partners of 5 community health programs in deprived neighborhoods in the southern part of the Netherlands. The interview guide was based on a conceptual framework that includes factors related to the context, the leading organization, leadership, the coalition, collaborating partners, interventions and outcomes. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and content analyzed using NVivo 8.0. Participants in each of the programs varied in their perceptions of the sustainability of the program, but those people collaborating in pre-existing neighborhood structures expressed relatively high faith in their continuation. The participating citizens in particular believed that these structures would continue to address the health of the community in the future. We found factors from all categories of the conceptual framework that were perceived to influence sustainability. The program leaders appeared to be crucial to the programs, as they were frequently mentioned in close interaction with other factors. Program leaders should use a motivating and supportive leadership style and should act as ‘program champions'.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; COALITIONS; CONCEPTUAL structures; CONTENT analysis; HEALTH promotion; INTERVIEWING; LEADERSHIP; RESEARCH methodology; SENSORY perception; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; COMMUNITY-based social services; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Health Promotion International, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 3, p473
- ISSN
0957-4824
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/heapro/dat059