Table 1.
Coalition functioning scale details.
| Construct (No. of items) |
Sample item | Response options | α | Mean (SD) |
% of coalitions with condition present | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinator leadership (4) | How skilled is your CPWI Coalition Coordinator or lead
staff person in the following
areas? …Organizational skills |
Needs Work (1) Adequate (3) Strong (5) Very Strong (7) |
0.64 | 5.8 (0.8) |
61% | 41 |
| Coalition team leadership (9) | The leadership of our CPWI coalition intentionally seeks out our views. | Strongly Disagree (1) Somewhat Disagree (3) Somewhat Agree (5) Strongly Agree (7) |
0.88 | 6.0 (0.8) |
46% | 41 |
| Team cohesion (5) | There is a feeling of unity and cohesion in this coalition. | Strongly Disagree (1) Somewhat Disagree (3) Somewhat Agree (5) Strongly Agree (7) |
0.90 | 5.4 (1.4) |
51% | 43 |
| Task focus (4) | This is a highly efficient, work-oriented team | Strongly Disagree (1) Somewhat Disagree (3) Somewhat Agree (5) Strongly Agree (7) |
0.83 | 5.2 (1.3) |
51% | 43 |
| CPWI participation costs (3) | How much has CPWI interfered with: …your family life? |
Not at all (1) A little (3) Some (5) A great deal (7) |
0.76 | 3.5 (1.5) |
50% | 42 |
| CPWI participation benefits (3) | How much benefit have you gained from your involvement
with CPWI in these areas: …learning new skills? |
Not at all (1) A little (3) Some (5) A great deal (7) |
0.67 | 6.0 (0.9) |
56% | 43 |
| Sustainability planning (5) | In the past year, has your CPWI coalition researched alternative funding sources or written proposals for additional funds to support CPWI activities? | 1 = Investigating Availability 2 = Begun Writing Proposal 3 = Submitted Proposal |
0.67 | 1.7 (0.7) |
35% | 37 |
Note. For all items measured via 7-point Likert scale, respondents were presented with response options (2), (4), and (6), as well. These were not accompanied by text and so are removed from the table for ease of consumption.