Development of a tool for the evaluation of obesity prevention partnerships

Grunseit, A

Development of a tool for the evaluation of obesity prevention partnerships

Grunseit, A

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Publisher:: Australian Health Promotion Association
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2019, 30, (1), pp. 18-27
Issue Date:: 2019

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dc.contributor.author	Grunseit, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0783-4596
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-29T01:27:31Z
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dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2019, 30, (1), pp. 18-27
dc.identifier.issn	1036-1073
dc.identifier.issn	2201-1617
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dc.description.abstract	ISSUE ADDRESSED: Working in partnership is advocated as a necessary process to achieve shared goals in complex policy areas, yet little effort is dedicated to evaluating how well partnerships are functioning. This study describes the development and psychometric properties of a partnership assessment tool and illustrates its use in an obesity prevention partnership. METHODS: A literature scoping review was conducted on existing partnership assessment tools and used to develop a new tool, which was tested using the ACT whole-of-government Healthy Weight Initiative at two timepoints. The psychometric properties of the tool were evaluated using principal component analysis and Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency of domain subscales. RESULTS: The review identified 11 partnership assessment tools, from which we identified five domains of partnership to develop the new tool. Factor analysis showed each domain yielded a single subscale. Cronbach's alpha for each of the domain subscales ranged between 0.88 and 0.94 at Timepoint 1 and 0.90 and 0.95 at Timepoint 2 demonstrating very high internal consistency. All subscales demonstrated high correlation with an overall partnership rating, good internal consistency and concordance with issues raised in open-ended questions. CONCLUSION: This paper describes the development and implementation of a tool to evaluate partnership functioning, which was found to have high internal consistency and reliability. SO WHAT?: With increasing emphasis on working in partnership, using partnership assessment tools can provide useful evidence to assess whether partnerships are a successful strategy in complex programs evaluation.
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dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Cooperative Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Interinstitutional Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Interprofessional Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Intersectoral Collaboration
dc.subject.mesh	Leadership
dc.subject.mesh	Obesity
dc.subject.mesh	Principal Component Analysis
dc.subject.mesh	Program Evaluation
dc.subject.mesh	Psychometrics
dc.subject.mesh	Reproducibility of Results
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Obesity
dc.subject.mesh	Reproducibility of Results
dc.subject.mesh	Program Evaluation
dc.subject.mesh	Cooperative Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Leadership
dc.subject.mesh	Interprofessional Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Psychometrics
dc.subject.mesh	Principal Component Analysis
dc.subject.mesh	Interinstitutional Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Surveys and Questionnaires
dc.subject.mesh	Intersectoral Collaboration
dc.title	Development of a tool for the evaluation of obesity prevention partnerships
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Abstract:

ISSUE ADDRESSED: Working in partnership is advocated as a necessary process to achieve shared goals in complex policy areas, yet little effort is dedicated to evaluating how well partnerships are functioning. This study describes the development and psychometric properties of a partnership assessment tool and illustrates its use in an obesity prevention partnership. METHODS: A literature scoping review was conducted on existing partnership assessment tools and used to develop a new tool, which was tested using the ACT whole-of-government Healthy Weight Initiative at two timepoints. The psychometric properties of the tool were evaluated using principal component analysis and Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency of domain subscales. RESULTS: The review identified 11 partnership assessment tools, from which we identified five domains of partnership to develop the new tool. Factor analysis showed each domain yielded a single subscale. Cronbach's alpha for each of the domain subscales ranged between 0.88 and 0.94 at Timepoint 1 and 0.90 and 0.95 at Timepoint 2 demonstrating very high internal consistency. All subscales demonstrated high correlation with an overall partnership rating, good internal consistency and concordance with issues raised in open-ended questions. CONCLUSION: This paper describes the development and implementation of a tool to evaluate partnership functioning, which was found to have high internal consistency and reliability. SO WHAT?: With increasing emphasis on working in partnership, using partnership assessment tools can provide useful evidence to assess whether partnerships are a successful strategy in complex programs evaluation.

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