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Table 1 Summary of community and coalition-committee characteristics

From: Tracing coalition changes in knowledge in and engagement with childhood obesity prevention to improve intervention implementation

Community

1

2

3

Community characteristics (2019)

 Population estimate

514,213

46,655

385,282

 Land area (mi 2)

785.0

4.8

82.5

 Median household income (USD)

$53,739

$48,704

$20,407

 Foreign born (%)

7.9

50.4

5.9

Race and ethnicity (%)a

 Hispanic or Latino (all races)

8.8

57.4

11.9

 NH White

69.0

32.6

40.0

 NH Black or African American

18.0

2.6

48.8

 NH American Indian and Alaska Native

0.2

0.0

0.5

 NH Asian

2.2

3.8

2.6

 NH Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0.1

0.1

0.1

 NH some other race

0.1

0.2

0.1

 NH two or more races

1.7

3.4

1.8

Baseline Coalition-Committee characteristics

 Coalition-committee size (n)

18

15

12

 Density

0.08

0.27

0.14

 Transitivity

0.45

0.37

0.14

 Number of ties

27

28

11

 Mean(SD) degree

1.42(1.89)

3.73(1.12)

1.69 (0.98)

 Network diameter

4

3

3

 Average path length

2.33

1.81

1.94

 Bachelor’s degree and above (%)

50.0

50.0

18.0

 Female (%)

84.0

78.0

96.0

 Target child age of intervention

0–18 y

0–18 y

0–8 y

 Coalition Focus Area(s) 1

Policy, practice, and environmental change; Health equity; WIC 2 participation; human-centered messaging

Increase utilization of community resources among underserved populations; increasing youth physical activity; mental health

Advocacy, communications, evaluation of early care programs

  1. aFrom the American Community Survey [26]