T. Rogers et al., CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTICIPANT PERCEPTIONS OF TOBACCO CONTROL COALITIONS IN CALIFORNIA, Health education research, 8(3), 1993, pp. 345-357
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28
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Education & Educational Research
The 61 local health departments in California have been mandated to fo
rm tobacco control coalitions as part of Proposition 99, the 1988 Toba
cco Tax Initiative. A self-administered survey of 361 coalition member
s and staff was conducted approximately 1.5 years after coalitions wer
e formed to identify key characteristics, functions, problems and succ
esses of the coalitions. This report summarizes some of the views of m
ember and staff respondents to the survey. Significant differences exi
st between member and staff views of coalition roles and responsibilit
ies and judgments of each others' expertise. While both members and st
aff place value on well-functioning tobacco control coalitions, the di
fferences revealed between member and staff predictors of coalition fu
nctioning and outcome appear to be mediated by varying perceptions of
the role of the coalition. These and other related findings support se
veral key assumptions underlying coalition development, and have impli
cations for both practice and research.