Using social network analysis to understand multisectoral governance in district-level tobacco control programme implementation in India.

Introduction: Interest in multisectoral policies has increased, particularly in the context of low-income and middle-income countries and efforts towards Sustainable Development Goals, with greater attention to understand effective strategies for implementation and governance. The study aimed to explore and map the composition and structure of a multisectoral initiative in tobacco control, identifying key factors engaged in policy implementation and their patterns of relationships in local-level networks in two districts in the state of Karnataka, India.

Methods: Social network analysis (SNA) was used to examine the structure of two district tobacco control networks with differences in compliance with the India's national tobacco control law.