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Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, Vol. 8, No. 3, 184-200 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1527154407308409
© 2007 SAGE Publications

The Community Readiness Model: Evaluating Local Smoke-Free Policy Development

Nancy L. York, PhD, RN

University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Nursing, Las Vegas, Nevada

Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN

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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