title: Measurement and evaluation practices of factors that contribute to effective health promotion collaboration functioning: A scoping review.
abstract: The purpose of this scoping review was to identify promising factors that underpin effective health promotion collaborations, measurement approaches, and evaluation practices. Measurement approaches and evaluation practices employed in 14 English-language articles published between January 2001 and October 2015 were considered. Data extraction included research design, health focus of the collaboration, factors being evaluated, how factors were conceptualized and measured, and outcome measures. Studies were methodologically diverse employing either quantitative methods (n=9), mixed methods (n=4), or qualitative methods (n=1). In total, these 14 studies examined 113 factors, 88 of which were only measured once. Leadership was the most commonly studied factor but was conceptualized differently across studies. Six factors were significantly associated with outcome measures across studies; leadership (n=3), gender (n=2), trust (n=2), length of the collaboration (n=2), budget (n=2) and changes in organizational model (n=2). Since factors were often conceptualized differently, drawing conclusions about their impact on collaborative functioning remains difficult. The use of reliable and validated tools would strengthen evaluation of health promotion collaborations and would support and enhance the effectiveness of collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada. Electronic address: sean.stolp@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stolp
authors.affiliation: Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada; Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bottorff
authors.affiliation: Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada.
authors.forename: Cherisse L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Seaton
authors.affiliation: Canadian Cancer Society, British Columbia & Yukon Division, Prince George, Canada.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones-Bricker
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Prevention Programs, BC Cancer Agency, Canada.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Errey
authors.affiliation: BC Cancer Agency, Canada.
authors.forename: Kerensa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Medhurst
authors.affiliation: Prevention Programs, BC Cancer Agency, Canada.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lamont
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Collaboration; Health promotion; Leadership; Measurement; Scoping review; Trust