@article{94787714a617442ea07df1430825e0f3,
title = "Using the Community Readiness Model as an Approach to Formative Evaluation",
abstract = "This article presents an adapted version of an established model for assessing community readiness along with an illustrative case example from the evaluation of Positive Action, a school-based social and character development intervention, implemented as part of a randomized controlled trial in Chicago Public Schools from 2004 through 2010. Community readiness is an emerging assessment approach that can be used to gauge the level of understanding, desire, and ownership that community members have regarding a community problem and/or intervention. This approach is useful in engaging the community and leveraging particular aspects of readiness that the community may exhibit in order to maximize an intervention's successful implementation. The article concludes with a discussion of ways in which a community readiness model may be useful in health promotion practice, both in schools and in other community settings.",
keywords = "community readiness, formative evaluation, school-based programs",
author = "Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner and Michael Fagen and Joseph Day and Kelsey Gilmet and Joshua Prudowsky and Neiger, {Brad L.} and DuBois, {David L.} and Flay, {Brian R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The findings reported here are based on research funded by grants from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education: R305L030072, R305L030004 and R305A080253 to the University of Illinois at Chicago (2003-05) and Oregon State University (2005-12). The SACD research program includes multi-program evaluation data collected by Mathematica Policy Research and complementary research study data collected by each grantee. The findings reported here are based only on the Chicago portion of the multi-program data and the complementary research data collected by the University of Illinois and Oregon State University (Brian R. Flay, Principal Investigator) under the SACD program. Funding Information: The findings reported here are based on research funded by the following grants from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education: R305L030072, R305L030004, and R305A080253 to the University of Illinois at Chicago (2003-2005) and Oregon State University (2005-2012). ",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1177/1524839913487538",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "649--655",
journal = "Health Promotion Practice",
issn = "1524-8399",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "5",
}
