Table 2.

Confirmatory items: 10 aspects of participants’ engagement and involvement^a.

Item	Participants’ LSCb				P Value
	Low	Moderate	High	Excellent
Past CP experience (% Yes)c	15.2	12.6	11.4	8.9	NS
Period since joining the CP (months)	18	21.6	20.5	24.2	0.036
CP meetings attended over last 12 months (%)	29.5	40.7	50.1	61.4	< 0.0001
Time spent on CP activity (hours per month)	18.38	20.66	29.44	26.6	NS
Since joining the CP, number of times participant:
Recruited new members to the CP	5.73	8.53	7.17	12.1	0.027
Served as CP’s spokesperson	5.70	7	7.45	13.96	0.001
Served as CP’s representative to other groups	6.28	5.72	4.59	10.87	0.003
Implemented CP -sponsored educational/ culturalevents	6.22	9.18	7.74	14.27	0.006
Since joining the CP, how many:
CP committees worked on	0.75	1.19	1.06	1.56	0.003
CP committee or team leadership positions held	0.22	0.31	0.31	0.61	< 0.0001

^aAll cells depict mean values (N= 668);

^b LSC: Leadership Skills Category (Participants’ rating of leadership skills in their CPs);

^c Those with past experience were 11% of the sample; CP: community partnership; NS: not significant.