TABLE 5.
Factors associated with high or low performance, by PPH goal area
| Goal area | High performance factors | Low performance factors |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity building: Community group | Having strong leadership (i.e. facilitation skills, shared leadership, etc.)—80% | Staffing issues related to recruitment and turnover—50% |
| Possessing dedicated and talented staff—76% | Communication challenges—50% | |
| Working in a small and/or well-defined community—84% | Other challenges working in the community/trust building—50% | |
| Establishing relationships with residents and/or skilled outreach—84% | Leadership problems—42% | |
| Lack of resident engagement—42% | ||
| Other organizational problems—33% | ||
| Capacity building: Health Department | Having strong leadership committed to working with community—80% | Communication challenges—35% |
| Working with community on data collection and distribution—75% | Lack of leadership/organizational support for community-based approaches to public health—29% | |
| Bureaucratic nature of the health department impedes work with community—29% | ||
| Lack of resident engagement—29% | ||
| Other challenges working with community—29% | ||
| Partnership development | Mutual understanding and trust between the health department and community group—80% | Communication challenges—both internal and external—50% |
| Establishing relationships with residents and/or skilled outreach—76% | Lack of resident engagement—50% | |
| Working in a small and/or well defined community—72% | Other challenges of working in the community—42% | |
| Having a stable, knowledgeable group of core members—60% | Inability to develop and/or maintain a clear purpose of vision—33% | |
| Open communication and sharing of information—60% | ||
| Community health improvement | Being opportunistic and flexible—83% | Communication challenges—both internal and external—46% |
| Working in a small and/or well defined community—58% | Lack of resident engagement—46% | |
| Establishing relationships with residents and/or skilled outreach—75% | Other challenges of working in the community—46% | |
| Communicating openly and sharing of information—67% | Inability to develop and/or maintain a clear purpose of vision—38% | |
| Inadequate funding or resources—23% | ||
| Policy/systems change | Ability to network effectively—82% | Communication challenges—both internal and external—60% |
| Having access to community leaders—72% | Lack of time and skills required to plan and implement policy change activities—46% | |
| Working in a small and/or well defined community—72% | Other challenges of working in the community—40% | |
| Establishing relationships with residents and/or skilled outreach—77% | Lack of resident engagement—33% | |
| Open communication and sharing of information—68% | Inability to develop and/or maintain a clear purpose or vision—33% | |
| Inadequate funding or resources—26% |
Factors identified by local evaluator (see text). Percentages show the number of high (or low) performing partnerships with the indicated positive (or negative) characteristics.