Perceived Ownership in a Community Coalition

摘要: Coalitions are emerging as a force for change in many communities and offer the opportunity broad community involvement planning implementation of needed health promotion education services. Perceived ownership promotes greater participation by but efforts to systematically evaluate lacking. The aim this study was determine local ElderCARE Coalition's activities its program, Healthy WAY, perceived coalition members. Fifteen members returned questionnaire that included Community Ownership Scale. As shown mean scores, agencies having most influence or greatest were university college nursing action programs. Coalition represented wide variety roles responsibilities well length time (1 month 6 years). Responses open-ended questions, analyzed content analysis, supported work identified senior participants WAY program being "enthusiastic" also needing be more "involved." Process measures important indicators how close coalitions staying their grassroots constituency. Implications public nurses include participating partners assisting determining sense need change.