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Published in final edited form as: Fam Community Health. 2019 Jan-Mar;42(1):62–79. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000212

Table 3.

Independent t-test analysis to examine trends in perceptions of capacity constructs between community partners (CP) and academic partners (AP) within the Community Advisory Board (CAB) over the three years of the project

Dimension # of
items
Cronbach
alpha
(baseline)
March 2013
Development
Mean (sd)
n=15
November 2013
Development
Mean (sd)
n=19
July 2014
Implementation
Mean (sd)
n=19
August 2015
Evaluation/Adaptation
Mean (sd)
n=20

CP (n=8) AP (n=7) CP (n=9) AP (n=10) CP (n=11) AP (n=8) CP (n=11) AP (n=9)
Decision-Making Procedures 9 .787 4.01 (0.42) 3.89 (0.31) 3.85 (0.34) 3.81 (0.48) 3.58 (0.45) 3.82 (0.45) 3.65 (0.54) 3.65 (0.39)

Conflict Resolution 3 .889 4.13 (0.35) 3.67 (0.72) 4.00 (0.53) 4.20 (0.50) 3.85 (0.58) 4.21 (0.50) 4.09 (0.34) 3.85 (0.47)

Communication 5 .768 4.90 (0.14) 4.66 (0.43) 4.90 (0.20) 4.60 (0.54) 4.51 (0.62) 4.73 (0.38) 4.44 (0.82) 4.58 (0.60)

Problem Assessment 4 .811 4.38 (0.33) 4.36 (0.61) 4.19 (0.40) 4.40 (0.44) 4.15 (0.56) 4.50 (0.35) 4.10 (0.63) 4.64 (0.49)

Group Roles 4 .711 4.06 (0.37) 4.39 (0.52) 3.66 (0.50) 4.18 (0.57) 3.82 (0.70) 4.50 (0.52) 3.86 (0.83) 4.08 (0.60)

Resources 7 .769 3.91 (0.48) 4.02 (0.36) 3.80 (0.47) 3.76 (0.38) 3.43 (0.44) 3.82 (0.77) 3.65 (0.38) 3.86 (0.60)

Trust 3 .746 4.50 (0.50) 4.33 (0.47) 4.46 (0.43) 4.27 (0.66) 4.42 (0.52) 4.25 (0.58) 4.33 (0.67) 4.15 (0.29)

Leadership 5 .724 4.25 (0.37) 3.97 (0.42) 4.22 (0.29) 3.92 (0.55) 3.93 (0.43) 3.85 (0.53) 4.07 (0.55) 3.73 (0.52)

Participation & Influence 7 .751 4.00 (0.61) 3.51 (0.41) 3.76 (0.36) 3.33 (0.52) 3.29 (0.49) 3.34 (0.51) 3.17 (0.46) 2.98 (0.38)

Collective Efficacy 3 .794 3.63 (0.49) 3.52 (0.88) 3.29 (0.49) 3.60 (0.64) 3.21 (0.79) 3.54 (0.47) 3.21 (0.90) 3.67 (0.91)

Sustainability 4 .656 3.25 (0.38) 3.32 (0.53) 3.31 (0.37) 3.28 (0.34) 3.23 (0.56) 3.47 (0.57) 3.66 (0.55) 3.92 (0.63)

Note: Bold italicized indicates a trend of p<0.10; bold indictes a significant difference of p < 0.05