Table 1.

Study sample: three community health promotion and disease prevention initiatives in Estonia [35].

Community Initiative	Description
Safe Community	This program was initially a bottom-up initiative guided by a community workgroup. It later involved representatives from municipalities and decision makers from different sectors and had a large network in the county. It consisted of a combination of a top-down and bottom-up initiative financed on a yearly basis by a health promotion fund
Drug Abuse and AIDS Prevention	A top-down program initiated and planned nationally. It had national goals, objectives and a national action plan. This program was financed by the state budget and guided by a local coalition composed of representatives from different organisations, authorities and sectors in the county
Elderly Quality of Life	A bottom-up initiative. The workgroup consisted of elderly women who were interested in improving the life of elderly citizens in their community. The aim of the program was to avoid the exclusion of older people, and the group made efforts to keep elderly citizens involved socially