Table 3.

Perceived factors influencing diversity of SEA Change Portland according to steering group and community task team members

Factors encouraging diversity	Factors discouraging diversity
Systems map identified determinants of obesity for all population groups at all levels of the system	Aim of most processes and recruitment at the ‘middle class’
Steering group deliberately directs vast effort into engaging all population groups	The key focus of children has deterred engagement of some groups including the disability, mental health and elderly sectors
	Engagement and sequence of engaging community members to become initiative leaders
	Steering group has not yet engaged marginalised groups whom at the outset had a null or low response to the process
	Group model building/ systems mapping and ABCD workshops had capped numbers