Saskia Muellmann1, Tilman Brand1, Dorothee Jürgens1, Dirk Gansefort1,2, Hajo Zeeb3,4. 1. Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstr 30, 28359, Bremen, Germany. 2. Association for Health Promotion and Academy of Social Medicine Lower Saxony, Fenskenweg 2, 30165, Hannover, Germany. 3. Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Achterstr 30, 28359, Bremen, Germany. zeeb@bips.uni-bremen.de. 4. Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. zeeb@bips.uni-bremen.de.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Communities are important settings for health promotion and prevention. The community readiness assessment offers a structured approach to assess resources and opportunities to tackle a health problem within a community. The assessment relies on semi-structured interviews with key informants from the communities. A number of 4-6 key informant interviews are recommended in the literature. However, it is unclear whether this is sufficient to obtain a valid representation of the respective community. This study analysed whether increasing the number of key informants from 4-6 to 12-15 alters the results of the community readiness assessment. RESULTS: A total of 55 community readiness interviews were carried out in 4 communities. Overall, the community readiness scores showed little variation after having interviewed 10 key informants in a community. However, even after completing 10 interviews in a community, key informants were still able to identify up to 6 new information items regarding community efforts for physical activity promotion among the elderly, contact and communication channel for informing or approaching the target group, or barriers to participation.
OBJECTIVE: Communities are important settings for health promotion and prevention. The community readiness assessment offers a structured approach to assess resources and opportunities to tackle a health problem within a community. The assessment relies on semi-structured interviews with key informants from the communities. A number of 4-6 key informant interviews are recommended in the literature. However, it is unclear whether this is sufficient to obtain a valid representation of the respective community. This study analysed whether increasing the number of key informants from 4-6 to 12-15 alters the results of the community readiness assessment. RESULTS: A total of 55 community readiness interviews were carried out in 4 communities. Overall, the community readiness scores showed little variation after having interviewed 10 key informants in a community. However, even after completing 10 interviews in a community, key informants were still able to identify up to 6 new information items regarding community efforts for physical activity promotion among the elderly, contact and communication channel for informing or approaching the target group, or barriers to participation.
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Keywords:
Assessment; Community readiness; Community-based health promotion; Key informants; Validity
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