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ArticleHealth education research2015

Association between organizational capacity and involvement in chronic disease prevention programming among Canadian public health organizations.

Nancy Hanusaik, Catherine M Sabiston, Natalie Kishchuk, Katerina Maximova, Jennifer O'Loughlin

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Article in Health education research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systemic and organizational barriers to primary chronic disease prevention: a qualitative study of public health organizations in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026
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  3. Development and testing of the capacity of organisations for system practices scale.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025
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  5. Scaling Up Evidence-Based Public Health Training.Preventing chronic disease · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nancy HanusaikCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada nancy.hanusaik@mail.mcgill.ca.
Catherine M SabistonCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Natalie KishchukCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Katerina MaximovaCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Jennifer O'LoughlinCentre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Program Evaluation & Beyond Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, École de santé publique, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec · CAUniversité de Montréal · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research SEC 117124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the context of the emerging field of public health services and systems research, this study (i) tested a model of the relationships between public health organizational capacity (OC) for chronic disease prevention, its determinants (organizational supports for evaluation, partnership effectiveness) and one possible outcome of OC (involvement in core chronic disease prevention practices) and (ii) examined differences in the nature of these relationships among organizations operating in more and less facilitating external environments. OC was conceptualized as skills and resources/supports for chronic disease prevention programming. Data were from a census of 210 Canadian public health organizations with mandates for chronic disease prevention. The hypothesized relationships were tested using structural equation modeling. Overall, the results supported the model. Organizational supports for evaluation accounted for 33% of the variance in skills. Skills and resources/supports were directly and strongly related to involvement. Organizations operating within facilitating external contexts for chronic disease prevention had more effective partnerships, more resources/supports, stronger skills and greater involvement in core chronic disease prevention practices. Results also suggested that organizations functioning in less facilitating environments may not benefit as expected from partnerships. Empirical testing of this conceptual model helps develop a better understanding of public health OC.

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CanadaCapacity BuildingChronic DiseaseHealth PrioritiesHumansInterinstitutional RelationsProgram EvaluationPublic Health AdministrationResource Allocation

Identifiers

PMID25361958
PMCPMC4364054
OpenAlexW2159395082

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