Community Readiness for Drug Abuse Prevention

Community Readiness for Drug Abuse Prevention PDF Author: Karol L. Kumpfer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788173839
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Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Book Description
Introduces the concept of community readiness for substance abuse prevention programming. Defines community readiness, provides a rationale for assessing a community's readiness prior to the planning or implementation of prevention activities, identifies seven factors for assessing community readiness, and offers strategies for increasing readiness factors found to be deficient. Case study. Intended for use with the handbook "Drug Abuse Prevention: What Works" and "Drug Abuse Prevention and Community Readiness: Training Facilitator's Manual."