Table 2 Health official involvement extent scores by low and high involvers*
From: Extent and patterns of community collaboration in local health departments: An exploratory survey
Organizations/individuals involved in priority setting | Involvement extent (scores 1 &2) | Involvement extent (scores 3-5) | Involvement extent (scores 6 & 7) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Low-In§ | High-In‡ | Low-In§ | High-In‡ | Low-In§ | High-In‡ |
| Â | n = 75 | n = 25 | n = 105 | n = 83 | n = 28 | n = 108 |
Health Department Staff | 2 (3%) column (8%) row | 0 (0%) (0%) | 11 (10%) (42%) | 1 (1%) (4%) | 13 (36%) (50%) | 26 (24%) (96%) |
Local Board of Health | 4 (5%) (15%) | 2 (8%) (7%) | 20 (19%) (77%) | 12 (14%) (44%) | 2 (7%) (8%) | 13 (13%) (48%) |
Patient Representatives | 8 (11%) (31%) | 3 (12%) (11%) | 15 (14%) (58%) | 16 (19%) (59%) | 3 (11%) (11%) | 8 (7%) (30%) |
Community Advisory Board | 7 (9%) (27%) | 2 (8%) (7%) | 12 (11%) (46%) | 5 (6%) (18%) | 7 (25%) (27%) | 20 (19%) (74%) |
Community Health Professionals | 7 (9%) (27%) | 0 (0%) (0%) | 19 (18%) (73%) | 8 (10%) (30%) | 0 (0%) (0%) | 19 (18%) (70%) |
Elected Officials | 12 (16%) (46%) | 2 (8%) (7%) | 14 (13%) (54%) | 20 (24%) (74%) | 0 (0%) (0%) | 5 (5%) (19%) |
Community-Based Organizations | 13 (17%) (50%) | 0 (0%) (0%) | 11 (10%) (42%) | 14 (17%) (52%) | 2 (7%) (8%) | 13 (12%) (48%) |
Experts | 22 (29%) (85%) | 16 (64%) (59%) | 3 (3%) (11%) | 7 (8%) (26%) | 1 (4%) (4%) | 4 (4%) (15%) |