Table 2 Tools and frameworks used to assess capacity in included studies (n = 38)

Community capacity tools

n

 Community capacity questionnaire

Lempa et al. (2008) [61]

3

 Community capacity building tool

Public Health Agency of Canada 2013 [76]

3

 Community capacity index

Bush et al. (2002) [77]

3

 Lovell’s community capacity tool

Lovell et al. (2015) [63]

1

 Semi-standardized monitoring instrument

Sauter et al. (2020) [78]

1

 Getting to outcomes tool

Chinman et al. (2004) [79]

1

 Community readiness to change tool

Oetting et al. (1995) [80]

1

Community capacity theoretical frameworks

 Goodman’s model of community capacity

Goodman et al. (1998) [27]

5

 NSWH capacity building framework

NSW Health Department 2001 [81]

2

 Freudenberg’s community capacity framework

Freudenberg et al. (2004) [82]

2

 Chaskin’s capacity building framework

Chaskin et al. (2001) [14]

2

 Norton’s community capacity framework

Norton et al. (2009) [13]

1

 Wendel’s model of community capacity

Wendel et al. (2009) [83]

1

 Labonte and laverack’s community capacity framework

Labonte & Laverack (2001) [84]

1