Validation of an instrument to measure community capacity building for prevention

Author:

Röding Dominik,Birgel VeraORCID,Walter Ulla

Abstract

Abstract Aim In Germany, the CTC-EFF (Effectiveness of the Community Prevention System Communities That Care) study, a replication study of the US Community Youth Development Study (CYDS), was rolled out in 2021. This article aims to examine the validity of a translated and adapted version of an instrument that measures five constructs of community capacity for prevention. Subject and methods Twenty-two a priori-matched intervention and comparison communities participated in the study. Two to ten community key informants (n = 182) were interviewed for each community. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted to assess structural validity. Reliability was assessed at the individual level using McDonald’s omega and at the community level using a generalizability coefficient (GC). Inter-rater agreement was measured using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Concurrent construct validity was assessed using bivariate correlations and mean comparisons. Results CFA showed good model fit (CFI = 0.964) for the hypothesized five constructs model. Reliability analyses showed good internal consistency at the individual level (omega = 0.86–0.87) and insufficient to moderate reliability at the community level (CG = 0.00–0.62). Inter-rater agreement ranged from insufficient to substantial (ICC = 0.02–0.32). Consistent with theory, three constructs correlated positively at the individual and community level (r = 0.24–0.42). There are no associations between these constructs and interviewer ratings about the respondents’ cooperativeness, trustworthiness, and understanding. Conclusion Three of the five constructs were measured with good validity. Two constructs show insufficient reliability. These will be revised until the next CTC-EFF data collection wave. Further validation is indicated. Trial registration This study was registered with the German Clinical Trial Register, no. DRKS00022819, on August 18, 2021.

Funder

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Reference41 articles.

1. Arthur MW, Glaser RR, Hawkins JD (2001) Steps Toward Community-Level Resilience. In: Peters RD (ed) Resilience in children, families, and communities: Linking context to practice and policy. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp 177–194

2. Baltes-Götz B (2020) Analyse von hierarchischen linearen Modellen mit SPSS. https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/urt/doku/hlm/hlm.pdf. Accessed 28 July 2022

3. Beckmann K, Glemser A, Heckel, Christiane, von der Heyde, Christian, Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Jürgen H.P., Hanefeld, Ute, Herter-Eschweiler, Robert, Kühnen, Carola (2016) Demographische Standards Ausgabe 2016. Eine gemeinsame Empfehlung des ADM Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute e.V., der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute e.V. (ASI) und des Statistischen Bundesamtes. https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/receive/DEMonografie_mods_00003695

4. Bentler PM (1990) Comparative fit indexes in structural models. Psychol Bull 107(2):238–246. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.107.2.238

5. Brown EC, Hawkins JD, Arthur MW, Briney JS, Abbott RD (2007) Effects of Communities That Care on prevention services systems: findings from the community youth development study at 1.5 years. Prev Sci Off J Soc Prev Res 8(3):180–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-007-0068-3

Cited by 3 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3