Community Readiness: A Tool for Effective Community-Based Prevention

Attempting to solve community problems through national policy simply will not work. Locally initiated efforts are not always successful either, however. Many groups led by excellent prevention professionals have received federal and state funding to implement what appear to be very good ideas but experience frustration when they meet with limited success in their communities. In our experience, successful local prevention efforts must be both community specific and culturally relevant. Learn how to access community readiness in this article.