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Assessing Interorganizational Networks as a Dimension of Community Capacity: Illustrations From a Community Intervention to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Helen Harber Singer, MPH

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health

Michelle Crozier Kegler, DrPH, MPH

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health

Network analysis is often cited as a method for assessing collaboration among organizations as an indicator of community capacity. The purpose of this study was to (1) document patterns of collaboration in organizational networks related to lead poisoning prevention in a Native American community and (2) examine measurement issues in using organizational network analysis to assess community capacity. Interviews were conducted with representatives from 22 tribes, government agencies, schools, and community-based organizations in northeastern Oklahoma. Intensity, density, and reliability were assessed for several stages of collaboration. Intensity and density were greater for similar types of organizations than for the network as a whole and decreased as stage of collaboration increased. Network data were more reliable when responses were dichotomized than when intensities were compared. Mean reliability scores across two respondents from the same organization ranged from 60% to 90%. Results from network studies may help communities learn how to strengthen organizational networks to enhance community capacity.

Key Words: organizational networks • community capacity • lead poisoning

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 6, 808-821 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104264220
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