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Indices and Indicators Developed to Evaluate the “Strengthening Community Actions” Mechanism of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion: A Scoping Review
To determine 1) the indexes/indicators used for evaluating the “strengthening community actions” mechanism of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and 2) to extract the characteristics and key components of the indexes/indicators using a scoping review.
Data Source:In May 2020, the search was conducted across three databases: Medline (via PubMed), Embase, and Scopus.
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: All primary studies relating to development, identification, and measurement of health promotion indices/indicators associated to the “strengthening community actions” were included. The review articles were excluded.
Data Extraction
The data were extracted to a data-charting form that was developed by the research team. Two authors reviewed the extracted data.
Data Synthesis
To summarize and report the data, a descriptive numerical analysis and a narrative descriptive synthesizing approach were used.
Results
In total, 93 study articles were included. A majority of studies (82%) were conducted in developed countries. Different types of recognized indices were categorized into seven groups: social cohesion (n = 3), community capacity (n = 1), community participation (n = 7), social capital (n = 6), social network (n = 3), social support (n = 1), and others (n = 5).
Conclusions
Having a collection of “strengthening community actions” indices/indicators in hand, health policymakers and health promotion specialists might be able to do their best in considering, selecting, and applying the most appropriate indices/indicators while evaluating community health promotion interventions in different settings.
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