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Community Readiness for Drug Abuse Prevention: Issues, Tips and Tools

NCJ Number
176131
Date Published
1997
Length
176 pages
Annotation
This manual discusses the concept of community readiness for substance abuse prevention programming.
Abstract
The manual defines community readiness and provides a rationale for assessing a community's readiness prior to the planning or implementation of substance abuse prevention activities. It then identifies seven factors for assessing a community's readiness and offers strategies for increasing readiness factors found to be deficient. It includes a detailed case study that illustrates how a community coalition can implement those procedures and guidance on developing and maintaining community prevention activities. The manual is intended for use by prevention practitioners, including program administrators, prevention specialists, community volunteers, parents, teachers, businesses and other groups and individuals concerned about the problems of drug use and its prevention. Figures, exhibits, references, appendixes