COMMUNITY READINESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS

摘要: Community norms and values are important factors affecting the support of community-based development efforts. This is particularly case when programs prevention efforts, including drug education programs. The purpose this article to describe a way measure readiness community education. scale was based on classic models social action process (Beal, 1964) innovation decision-making (Rogers, 1994). Development construction 45 anchor rating statements for five dimensions program nine stages readiness. designed use by practitioners working in field prevention, through key informants interviews with selected leaders. Results from communities indicated bi-modal distribution levels. Implications results experiences developing ...