Mapping the Possibilities: Using Network Analysis to Identify Opportunities for Building Nutrition Partnerships Within Diverse Low-Income Communities

Buchthal, Opal Vanessa; Maddock, Jay E.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2015.03.002

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“…92 In contrast, other studies documented the impact of the lack of a centralized organization in networks, including inefficient communication (low betweenness), less collaboration, and fewer formal partnerships (low density) which affect network development and ultimately may lead to gaps in services. 67,93 These studies identified differences in mission, types of services provided, and geographic distances as contributing to these issues, underpinning the need to bridge geographic and mission divisions to develop a more effective network. 10,68,71 Findings revealed the impact of successful leadership from central organizations which can help document problems, assess needs, educate stakeholders, create trust, and support shared understanding of values.…”

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Understanding the Development, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Community Health Networks Using Social Network Analysis: A Scoping Review

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Objective Identify the scope of the literature which reports use of social network analysis to inform, support, or evaluate health promotion–focused community network/partnership development. Data Source A comprehensive search (not date-limited) of PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science Core Collection, PsycInfo, and the Cochrane Library Database for Systematic Reviews. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Criteria for inclusion included published in the English language and used social network analysis to inform, support, or evaluate development of community networks/partnerships aiding health promotion efforts. Studies were excluded if they did not use social network analysis or were not focused upon health promotion. Data Extraction Three of the four authors extracted data using a summary chart to document information regarding study aims, target issue/population, methods, and key outcomes of the social network analysis. Data Synthesis The extracted data were qualitatively analyzed by 3 authors to categorize key social network analysis outcomes into categories. Results Ninety-seven studies representing 9 geographical regions were included, with the majority (69) published after 2010. Key outcomes included the effectiveness of social network analysis to identify network characteristics, track network change over time, compare similar networks across locations, and correlate network attributes with outcomes. Conclusion Findings support the utility of social network analysis to inform, support, and evaluate development of sustainable health promotion–focused networks/partnerships.

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Understanding the Development, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Community Health Networks Using Social Network Analysis: A Scoping Review

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“…Initial HHI activities focused on meetings, trainings and workshops and grant-making to existing community programs to increase physical activity and accessibility of healthy food, as well as coordinated school health and social marketing initiatives [26,27]. Over time, driven in part by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding priorities, [28] programs have focused on multiple sectors with recent focus on collaborations with health systems [27]. A timeline of major HHI activities and successes specifically focused on policy and environments change can be seen in Fig.…”

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The Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative: insights from two decades of building a culture of health in a multicultural state

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Background: The Healthy Hawai'i Initiative was created in 2000 with tobacco settlement funds as a theory-based statewide effort to promote health-supporting environments through systems and policy change. Still active today, it is imbedded explicitly in a multi-sectoral, social ecological approach, effectively striving to build a culture of health before this was the name for such an ambitious effort. Methods: From interviews with key informants, we analyze two decades of the Healthy Hawai'i Initiative (HHI) in the context of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Action Framework (CHAF). We list HHI accomplishments and examine how the Initiative achieved notable policy and environmental changes supportive of population health. Results: The Healthy Hawai'i Initiative started with an elaborate concept-mapping process that resulted in a common vision about making "the healthy choice the easiest choice." Early on, the Initiative recognized that making health a shared value beyond the initial stakeholders required coalition and capacity building across a broad range of governmental and nonprofit actors. HHI coalitions were designed to promote grassroots mobilization and to link community leaders across sectors, and at their height, included over 500 members across all main islands of the state. Coalitions were particularly important for mobilizing rural communities. Additionally, the Initiative emphasized accessibility to public health data, published research, and evaluation reports, which strengthened the engagement to meet the shared vision and goals between diverse sector partners and HHI. Over the past two decades, HHI has capitalized on relationship building, data sharing, and storytelling to encourage a shared value of health among lawmakers, efforts which are believed to have led to the development of health policy champions. All of these factors combined, which centered on developing health as a shared value, have been fundamental to the success of the other three action areas of the CHAF over time. Conclusions: This evidence can provide critical insights for other communities at earlier stages of implementing broad, diverse, multifaceted system change and fills a key evidence gap around building a culture of health from a mature program in a notably multicultural state.

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“…Table 2 provides a simple summary of the benefits and challenges from the qualitative analysis. Articles identified systems science methods as useful tools to strengthen D&I planning and predicting, organizing, communicating and knowledge translation, design, and implementation ( 76 , 77 , 83 – 86 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 95 – 98 , 101 , 103 , 104 ). Many key challenges included capacity and resources for complex interventions ( 57 , 82 , 93 ), especially in rural contexts ( 100 ), and lack of training in systems science and nutrition D&I research ( 88 – 90 , 93 ).…”

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The Application of Systems Science in Nutrition-Related Behaviors and Outcomes Implementation Research: A Scoping Review

Walker

Wattick

Olfert

2021

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Use of systems science can improve the dissemination and implementation (D&I) process. However, little is known about use of systems science in nutrition D&I research. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the ways in which systems science methodology is applied in nutrition D&I research. Scoping review methodology involved searching six academic databases for full-text, peer-reviewed, English articles between 1970–2020 that employed systems science within nutrition D&I research. Data extraction included intervention type, population, study aim, methods, theoretical approach, outcomes, and results. Descriptive statistics and qualitative thematic analysis preceded. Thirty-four retained articles qualitatively identified benefits (successful planning and organization of complex interventions) and challenges (limited resources, trainings, and lack of knowledge) to utilizing systems science in nutrition D&I research. Future research should work towards building knowledge capacity among nutrition practitioners by increasing available trainings and resources to enhance the utilization of systems science in nutrition D&I research.

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Mapping the Possibilities: Using Network Analysis to Identify Opportunities for Building Nutrition Partnerships Within Diverse Low-Income Communities

Cited by 7 publications

References 28 publications

Understanding the Development, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Community Health Networks Using Social Network Analysis: A Scoping Review

Understanding the Development, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Community Health Networks Using Social Network Analysis: A Scoping Review

The Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative: insights from two decades of building a culture of health in a multicultural state

The Application of Systems Science in Nutrition-Related Behaviors and Outcomes Implementation Research: A Scoping Review

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