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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014

Using organizational network analysis to plan cancer screening programs for vulnerable populations.

Rebecca Lobb, Bobbi J Carothers, Aisha K Lofters

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Article in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca LobbRebecca Lobb is with the Department of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, and Bobbi J. Carothers is with the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Center for Public Health Systems Science, Washington University, St Louis, MO. Rebecca Lobb is also with the Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, and Aisha K. Lofters is with the Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Bobbi J Carothers
Aisha K Lofters
St. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe examined relationships among organizations in a cancer screening network to inform the development of interventions to improve cancer screening for South Asians living in the Peel region of Ontario.

methodsFrom April to July 2012, we surveyed decision-makers, program managers, and program staff in 22 organizations in the South Asian cancer screening network in the Peel region. We used a network analytic approach to evaluate density (range = 0%-100%, number of ties among organizations in the network expressed as a percentage of all possible ties), centralization (range = 0-1, the extent of variability in centrality), and node characteristics for the communication, collaboration, and referral networks.

resultsDensity was similar across communication (15%), collaboration (17%), and referral (19%) networks. Centralization was greater in the collaboration network (0.30) than the communication network (0.24), and degree centralization was greater in the inbound (0.42) than the outbound (0.37) referral network. Diverse organizations were central to the networks.

conclusionsCertain organizations were unexpectedly important to the South Asian cancer screening network. Program planning was informed by identifying opportunities to strengthen linkages between key organizations and to leverage existing ties.

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Cooperative BehaviorEarly Detection of CancerInterinstitutional RelationsVulnerable PopulationsAsiaCommunicationHealth PromotionHumansOntario

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PMID24328613
PMCPMC3935666
OpenAlexW2010966958

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