TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of community resource assessments in the development of 15 adolescent health community-researcher partnerships.
AU - Deeds, Bethany Griffin
AU - Peralta, Ligia
AU - Willard, Nancy
AU - Ellen, Jonathan
AU - Straub, Diane M.
AU - Castor, Judith
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - BACKGROUND: Connect to Protect (C2P): Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions is an initiative that alters the community's structural elements to reduce youth HIV rates. OBJECTIVES: This study details a community resource assessment and describes how resources were evaluated in the context of local needs. METHODS: Fifteen sites developed a community resource list, conducted a brief survey, created a youth service directory, and mapped where disease prevalence and community resources intersected. Sites also completed a survey to review and verify local site findings. RESULTS: On average, sites identified 267 potential community resources. Sites narrowed their resource list to conduct a brief survey with 1,162 agencies; the site average was 78. Final products of this process included maps comparing resources with risk data. CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation of local resources is an important initial step in partnership development and is essential for the success of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that target adolescents.
AB - BACKGROUND: Connect to Protect (C2P): Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions is an initiative that alters the community's structural elements to reduce youth HIV rates. OBJECTIVES: This study details a community resource assessment and describes how resources were evaluated in the context of local needs. METHODS: Fifteen sites developed a community resource list, conducted a brief survey, created a youth service directory, and mapped where disease prevalence and community resources intersected. Sites also completed a survey to review and verify local site findings. RESULTS: On average, sites identified 267 potential community resources. Sites narrowed their resource list to conduct a brief survey with 1,162 agencies; the site average was 78. Final products of this process included maps comparing resources with risk data. CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation of local resources is an important initial step in partnership development and is essential for the success of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that target adolescents.
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2008.0010
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2008.0010
M3 - Article
C2 - 20208189
AN - SCOPUS:77950466541
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 2
SP - 31
EP - 39
JO - Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action
JF - Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action
IS - 1
ER -