Feinberg Mark E, Greenberg Mark T, Osgood D Wayne
Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2004 Jun;33(3-4):163-76. doi: 10.1023/b:ajcp.0000027003.75394.2b.
This paper examined whether community readiness, prevention knowledge, coalition functioning, and barriers are linked to perceived effectiveness of community prevention coalitions. Interviews were conducted with 203 key leaders in Communities That Care (CTC) prevention boards in 21 Pennsylvania communities. Community-level means for the reliable self-report measures were utilized separately and in combination with research staff ratings, state technical assistant staff ratings, and other data. The results indicated that the strong link between readiness and perceived effectiveness was mediated by internal coalition functioning. The extent of CTC linkage with outside community entities was not linked to perceived effectiveness. The study concludes that community readiness is an important condition for success of a prevention coalition, and exerts effects mainly through the quality of the coalition's internal functioning. Member turnover and infighting appear to be important factors related to internal functioning. Linkage with outside entities may be more important for coalition models where the coalition is more dependent on local institutions for resources.
本文探讨了社区准备度、预防知识、联盟运作以及障碍是否与社区预防联盟的感知有效性相关联。研究人员对宾夕法尼亚州21个社区的“关爱社区”（CTC）预防委员会中的203名关键领导人进行了访谈。可靠的自我报告测量的社区层面均值被单独使用，并与研究人员评分、州技术助理人员评分及其他数据相结合。结果表明，准备度与感知有效性之间的紧密联系是由联盟内部运作介导的。CTC与外部社区实体的联系程度与感知有效性无关。该研究得出结论，社区准备度是预防联盟成功的重要条件，并且主要通过联盟内部运作的质量发挥作用。成员更替和内斗似乎是与内部运作相关的重要因素。对于联盟更依赖当地机构获取资源的联盟模式而言，与外部实体的联系可能更为重要。
