Table 1.
Expert rating of knowledge and engagement domains from content validity assessments
Domain | Science-based experts (n=18) | Practice-based experts (n=15)a | Combined (n=33) | |||
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Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |
Knowledge | ||||||
Intervention factors: Stakeholders’ knowledge of modifiable determinants of childhood obesity and level of social ecology to address them (e.g., individual-level versus policy-level) | 8 | 6–10 | 8 | 7–10 | 8 | 6–10 |
Roles: Stakeholders’ knowledge of their role in the intervention, what others are doing, and multi-setting components (e.g., healthcare, childcare) | 9 | 7–10 | 9 | 6–10 | 9 | 6–10 |
Sustainability: Stakeholders’ knowledge of how to intervene to achieve sustainability over time | 7.5 | 2–10 | 8b | 6–10b | 8 | 2–10 |
Problem: Stakeholders’ knowledge of the problem of childhood obesity | 6.5 | 2–10 | 8 | 3–10 | 8 | 2–10 |
Resources: Stakeholders’ knowledge of available resources to address childhood obesity | 8 | 3–10 | 9 | 6–10 | 8 | 3–10 |
Engagement | ||||||
Dialogue & mutual learning: Stakeholders’ exchange of skills and understanding | 9 | 5–10 | 10 | 3–10 | 9 | 3–10 |
Flexibility: Stakeholders’ willingness to compromise and adapt | 8 | 7–10 | 9 | 3–10 | 9 | 3–10 |
Influence & power: Stakeholders’ ability or capacity to have an effect on a course of events, others’ thinking, and behavior | 9 | 5–10 | 9 | 6–10 | 9 | 5–10 |
Leadership & stewardship: Stakeholders’ action of directing and being responsible for a group of people or course of events | 9.5 | 6–10 | 9 | 7–10 | 9 | 6–10 |
Trust: Stakeholders’ belief and confidence in others | 9.5 | 7–10 | 9 | 3–10 | 9 | 3–10 |
Each domain was rated on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 10 (extremely important) in catalyzing community change related to childhood obesity prevention. Two domain names were modified after incorporating expert input (as presented in Tables 4 and 5): sustainability to implementation & sustainability and trust to trust & trustworthiness
aWhile n=16 practice-based experts participated in the session overall, n=15 responded to these set of questions
bn=14 practice-based experts respondents