title: Community readiness to prevent intimate partner violence in Bexar County, Texas.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe the Community Readiness Model implemented by the San Antonio Safe Family Coalition in Bexar County, Texas, a coordinated community response to prevent intimate partner violence. The project used a participatory action process to (a) determine the city's and county's stage of readiness to prevent intimate partner violence; (b) identify differences in the city and county by dividing the area into sectors for the assessment; (c) engage the community in determining the accuracy and usefulness of the results of the assessment; (d) develop targeted strategies to move the city and county to a higher stage of readiness for prevention of intimate partner violence; and (e) evaluate the results of the project.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chronic Nursing Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brackley
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Gia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mudd
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shafer
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spears
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015980:Public Health Practice; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology