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Table 2 Conclusions regarding the public-private partnerships (PPP) in health promotion according to characteristics of the PPP or the evaluation

From: Promoting population health with public-private partnerships: Where’s the evidence?

Characteristics of the PPP or the evaluation

N totala

Conclusions regarding PPP in health promotion

P Value

Critical/Semi-critical

N (%)

Supportive/Tentatively supportive

N (%)

Health problem targeted

   

0.040

 Non-communicable Disease

15

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

 

 Infectious disease (TB, Malaria, HIV)

7

0 (0.0)

7 (100.0)

 

 Other b

3

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

 

Potential for conflict between business interests of private partner and the health promotion activity

   

0.010

 High potential

10

7 (70.0)

3 (30.0)

 

 Moderate potential

4

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

 

 Low potential

11

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

 

Independence of evaluation

   

0.000

 Yes

10

8 (80.0)

2 (20.0)

 

 No

14

0 (0.0)

14 (100.0)

 

 Unclear

1

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Quality of evaluation

   

0.003

 Strong

9

7 (77.8)

2 (22.2)

 

 Moderate

9

2 (22.2)

7 (77.8)

 

 Weak

7

0 (0.0)

7 (100.0)

 

Research Type

   

0.412

 Quantitative

7

6 (85.7)

1 (14.3)

 

 Qualitative

13

7 (53.8)

6 (46.1)

 

 Mixed-methods

5

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

 

Evaluation Type

   

0.373

 Impact with quantifiable health-related outcomes

2

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

 

 Process with quantifiable intermediate outcomes

11

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

 

 Process without quantifiable intermediate outcomes

12

6 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

 

Total

25

9 (36.0)

16 (64.0)

 
  1. aEvaluations of 25 PPPs from 36 scientific articles. bUrban food insecurity, health at work, vaccine preventable disease