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Table 3 Standardized factor loadings from final structural equation model, with initial model factor loadings included for comparison

From: Measurement properties of a novel survey to assess stages of organizational readiness for evidence-based interventions in community chronic disease prevention settings

Item

Final model (Model 3, Table 2)*

Initial model (Model 1, Table 2)

Community awareness

  Community considers intervention a solution

.90

.24

  Community considers [health issue] a problem

.58

.21

Agency awareness

  Agency leadership aware of sources for EBIs

.81

.78

  Agency staff aware of sources for EBIs

.64

.66

Adoption

  Agency leadership encourages use of EBIs

.87

.83

  EBIs are readily adopted in agency

.79

.78

  Supervisor expects research evidence

.60

.68

  Currently using research evidence***

 

.58

  Access to help in utilizing research evidence***

 

.38

Implementation

  Agency has resource to implement intervention

.78

.77

  Intervention has support of agency leadership

.74

.72

  Agency adapts EBI to meet community needs

.66

.70

  Intervention is supported by community leadership

.49

.50

  Extent intervention team has necessary skills**

.49

.49

Resource maintenance

  Agency will continue to have intervention staff

.62

.59

  Agency has diverse partners sharing resources

.50

.48

  Agency has obtained range of funding sources

.44

.39

  Agency has adequate fiscal policies

.43

.42

  Intervention would continue if funding was lost***

 

.32

Evaluation maintenance

  Agency uses evaluation to monitor and improve

.85

.62

  Agency had prior plan to evaluate intervention

.76

.58

  Agency disseminates findings to community

.65

.58

  Agency conducts community needs assessment

.48

.55

  1. EBI = evidence-based intervention.
  2. Note: error covariances included in the final model were between items 1 and 11 and between items 6 and 10.
  3. * p values for all factor loadings were <.001.
  4. **For this item, seven-point Likert scale ranged from 1 = not at all to 7 = completely (all other items: 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree).
  5. ***Item deleted from final model.