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DOI: 10.1177/1527154407308409 © 2007 SAGE Publications The Community Readiness Model: Evaluating Local Smoke-Free Policy DevelopmentUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Nursing, Las Vegas, Nevada
University of Kentucky Colleges of Nursing and Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky 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.
Key Words: community readiness community needs assessment smoke-free laws public policy
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