Abstract
The purpose of this article is to review the literature on community readiness and assess the utility of the community readiness model (CRM) for understanding and affecting smoke-free policy development and implementation. The CRM evaluates a community's capacity for successfully developing and implementing prevention or treatment interventions. The purposes of evaluating a community's readiness are to: (a) identify the stage of readiness for policy change, and (b) determine stage-specific strategies to advance a community toward policy change.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 184-200 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2007 |
Keywords
- community needs assessment
- community readiness
- public policy
- smoke-free laws
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Leadership and Management
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects