2015 · Study · English
Sustaining Adoption of Science-Based Prevention through Communities That Care
Gloppen, K. M., Brown, E. C., Wagenaar, B. H., Hawkins, J. D., Rhew, I. C., & Oesterle, S.
Gloppen, K. M., Brown, E. C., Wagenaar, B. H., Hawkins, J. D., Rhew, I. C., & Oesterle, S. (2015). Sustaining Adoption of Science-Based Prevention through Communities That Care. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(1), 78–89. doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21743
Summary
Sustainability analysis in the Journal of Community Psychology using key-leader interviews from the CTC trial in 24 communities, conducted at five waves between 2001 and 2011. The question is whether leaders in CTC communities still endorsed science-based prevention three years after study funding, training and technical assistance ended in 2008, and whether taking part in CTC training made a difference. Leaders in CTC communities reported significantly higher stages of adoption of a science-based approach than leaders in control communities at the 2011 follow-up, although the level of use in CTC communities had declined from its peak during the funded period. Leaders who had attended CTC training reported significantly higher use of science-based prevention than leaders in the same communities who had not. The authors suggest that continued training could help communities hold on to what they adopted. For European funders the practical message is that adoption outlasts external support, but training has to keep going.