Table 3. Facilitators and barriers to community engagement activities.

Contributors to success		Survey respondents (N = 1105)
		N	%
Internal 1	Definitions
Individual characteristics	Factors related to attitude, own beliefs, training, and skills to conduct community engagement activities as well as organizations’ perceptions	280	25.34
Organizational characteristics	Factors related to organization supporting the polio eradication program	143	12.94
GPEI program characteristics	Activities used towards eradicating polio, including technologies	148	13.39
Process of conducting activities	Activities implemented, including the planning, execution strategies, reflection and evaluation of activities, or adjustments made to the plan	428	38.73
External 2
Political environment	Lawmaker support, political climate accepting of polio eradication activities, and political structure conducive to coordinated action	259	23.44
Economic environment	Sufficient revenue sources/base to fund activities and/or maintain system developments	120	10.86
Social environment	Social norms around immunization, accepting communities in which polio eradication activities were implemented	563	50.95
Technological environment	Infrastructure or technological advances outside of the organization	29	2.62
Others		23	2.08

¹ 9.59% missing values

² 10.05% missing values