title: How to Identify Success Among Networks That Promote Active Living.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated organization- and network-level factors that influence organizations' perceived success. This is important for managing interorganizational networks, which can mobilize communities to address complex health issues such as physical activity, and for achieving change.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2011, we used structured interview and network survey data from 22 states in the United States to estimate multilevel random-intercept models to understand organization- and network-level factors that explain perceived network success.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 53 of 59 "whole networks" met the criteria for inclusion in the analysis (89.8%). Coordinators identified 559 organizations, with 3 to 12 organizations from each network taking the online survey (response rate = 69.7%; range = 33%-100%). Occupying a leadership position (P < .01), the amount of time with the network (P < .05), and support from community leaders (P < .05) emerged as correlates of perceived success.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Organizations' perceptions of success can influence decisions about continuing involvement and investment in networks designed to promote environment and policy change for active living. Understanding these factors can help leaders manage complex networks that involve diverse memberships, varied interests, and competing community-level priorities.
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Litt
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varda
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Retrum
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tabak
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gustat
authors.affiliation: Jill Litt and Hannah Reed are with Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora. Danielle Varda and Jessica Retrum are with University of Colorado, School of Public Affairs, Denver. Rachel Tabak is with Prevention Research Center, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Jeanette Gustat is with Department of Epidemiology, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Nancy O'Hara Tompkins is with West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: O'Hara Tompkins
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004777:Environment; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D057766:Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States