1Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Health Educ Behav. 2013 Oct;40(1 Suppl):43S-50S. doi: 10.1177/1090198113490724.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation's Spark Together for Healthy Kids™ (Spark) is a multiyear initiative in Ontario, Canada, that takes a population approach to obesity prevention. It focuses on creating healthy environments by improving access to healthy foods and physical activity, with an emphasis on strengthening the advocacy capacity of organizations and citizens. Consistent with the complexity of the intervention, the evaluation of Spark applied systems concepts and methods to test the utility of network analysis as a method for evaluation, and to inform collaborations of organizations involved in programs and advocacy. Relationships among organizations from different sectors and jurisdictional levels with a focus on school community environments were of particular interest. Interorganizational network analysis was used to understand these relationships, including the role of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Findings revealed a niche brokering role for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and other provincial and national organizations, and the importance of these brokers for engaging local and regional organizations. Findings also reinforced the importance of a mixed methods approach to network analysis, and the potential value of the analysis for scientific and practical purposes.
加拿大安大略省心脏和中风基金会的 Spark Together for Healthy Kids™（Spark）是一项多年的倡议，采取了针对肥胖预防的人口方法。它通过改善健康食品和体育活动的获取途径，重点加强组织和公民的倡导能力，致力于创造健康的环境。与干预的复杂性一致，Spark 的评估应用了系统概念和方法，以测试网络分析作为评估方法的效用，并为参与方案和倡导的组织之间的合作提供信息。来自不同部门和管辖级别的组织之间的关系，特别是学校社区环境，是特别关注的重点。采用组织间网络分析来了解这些关系，包括心脏和中风基金会的作用。研究结果揭示了心脏和中风基金会和其他省级和国家级组织的利基经纪人角色，以及这些经纪人对于吸引地方和地区组织的重要性。研究结果还强调了网络分析采用混合方法的重要性，以及分析对于科学和实际目的的潜在价值。
