TABLE 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients between four network measurements ^a and local health department performance scores on each Essential Service of Public Health (ES)

		Density		Centralization		Complexity		Clustering coefficient		% Divisions tending toward silo
ES		All	Strongest	All	Strongest	All	Strongest	All	Strongest	All	Strongest
1	Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems	−0.01	0.08	0.79b	0.40	0.29	0.14	0.07	−0.05	0.44	−0.69c
2	Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community	0.63	0.62	0.26	0.43	0.75b	0.75b	0.47	0.41	0.51	−0.73c
3	Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues	0.57	0.62	0.39	0.62	0.57	0.63b	0.43	0.40	0.52	−0.63
4	Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems	0.79b	0.75b	0.25	0.68b	0.83b	0.82b	0.74b	0.47	0.65b	−0.85c
5	Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts	0.46	0.51	0.49	0.59	0.57	0.58	0.45	0.32	0.64b	−0.65c
6	Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety	0.02	0.18	0.61	0.25	0.14	0.22	0.37	0.29	0.42	−0.45
7	Link people to needed personal health services and ensure provision of care when otherwise unavailable	0.71b	0.75b	0.18	0.69b	0.67b	0.74b	0.53	0.33	0.66b	−0.68c
8	Ensure competent public and personal health workforce	0.42	0.49	0.71b	0.54	0.62	0.55	0.34	−0.03	0.45	−0.85c
9	Evaluate effectiveness accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services	0.60	0.64b	0.44	0.67b	0.75b	0.72b	0.60	0.47	0.61	−0.87c
10	Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems	0.12	0.29	0.65b	0.27	0.33	0.31	0.15	−0.11	0.32	−0.72c

^aCorrelations are displayed for all ties and strongest ties networks. Significant correlations >0.60 are given in boldface. There is a pattern of correlations for ES 4, 7, and 9 (bolded).

^bPositive correlation, P ≤ .05.

^cNegative correlation, P ≤ .05