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Reciprocal Relations between Coalition Functioning and the Provision of Implementation Support

Authors: Louis D. Brown, Mark E. Feinberg, Valerie B. Shapiro, Mark T. Greenberg

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Community coalitions have been promoted as a strategy to help overcome challenges to the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based prevention programs. This paper explores the characteristics of coalitions that enable the provision of implementation support for prevention programs in general and for the implementation of evidence-based prevention programs with fidelity. Longitudinal cross-lagged panel models were used to study 74 Communities That Care (CTC) coalitions in Pennsylvania. These analyses provide evidence of a unidirectional influence of coalition functioning on the provision of implementation support. Coalition member knowledge of the CTC model best predicted the coalition’s provision of support for evidence-based program implementation with fidelity. Implications for developing and testing innovative methods for delivering training and technical assistance to enhance coalition member knowledge are discussed.

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Title: Reciprocal Relations between Coalition Functioning and the Provision of Implementation Support
Authors: Louis D. Brown
Mark E. Feinberg
Valerie B. Shapiro
Mark T. Greenberg
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-013-0447-x

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