Assessing community needs and agency capacity - An integral part of implementing effective evidence-based interventions
Assessing community needs and agency capacity - An integral part of implementing effective evidence-based interventions
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DOI：
10.1521/aeap.2006.18.supp.32
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Rietmeijer, Cornelis A.
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作者：
Gandelman, Alice A.;DeSantis, Linda M.;Rietmeijer, Cornelis A.
社区组织和公共卫生部门历来申请并获得资金，以实施各种艾滋病毒预防干预措施，但不清楚它们如何决定实施哪些干预措施，也不清楚它们的机构是否有足够的能力和/或资源来有效实施这些措施。评估活动可以发挥宝贵的作用，通过提供信息以更好地提供目标服务，帮助各机构作出这些决定。最近为支持传播有效行为干预项目和其他基于证据的艾滋病毒预防方法而进行的供资努力，要求各机构拥有有效开展个人、团体或社区一级干预措施的基本技能，以及与基于证据的干预措施相关的具体活动。我们研究社区评估，机构能力和干预有效性之间的联系，并提供资源，以更好地指导评估其社区和组织的计划，以实施最有效的EBI。
Community-based organizations and public health departments have historically applied for and received funding to implement a variety of HIV prevention interventions, but it is unclear how they make decisions regarding which interventions to implement or whether their agency has sufficient capacity and/or resources to effectively carry them out. Assessment activities can play a valuable role in helping agencies make these decisions by providing information to better target services. Recent funding efforts supporting the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project and other evidence-based approaches for HIV prevention require that agencies possess basic skills to effectively conduct individual-, group-, or community-level interventions, as well as the specific activities associated with an evidence-based intervention (EBI). We examine the link among community assessment, agency capacity, and intervention effectiveness, and provide resources to better guide programs in assessing their communities and organizations in order to implement the most effective EBI.