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Reed, Sarah J.; Miller, Robin Lin; Francisco, Vincent T. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Community coalition action theory (CCAT) depicts the processes and factors that affect coalition formation, maintenance, institutionalization, actions, and outcomes. CCAT proposes that community context affects coalitions at every phase of development and operation. We analyzed data from 12 "Connect to Protect" coalitions using inductive…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Content Analysis, Economic Factors, Political Influences
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Kegler, Michelle C.; Swan, Deanne W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
The Community Coalition Action Theory (CCAT) blends practice wisdom with empirical data to explain how community coalitions achieve community change and community capacity outcomes. The current study uses data from an evaluation of 20 "California Healthy Cities" and "Communities" coalitions to test relationships between…
Descriptors: Community Change, Leadership, Surveys, Interviews
Schalin, Jay – John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (NJ1), 2010
Does investing taxpayer money in higher education lead to major payoffs in economic growth? State legislators and policy makers say yes. They routinely advocate massive appropriations for university education and research, even in poor economic times, on the grounds that taxpayers will be rewarded many times over. The investment of federal funds…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, State Aid, Financial Support