title: Cultivating systemic capacity: the Rhode Island tobacco control enhancement project.
abstract: This paper describes the Rhode Island Tobacco Control Enhancement Project (TCEP), a state-university-community technical assistance system. TCEP was developed under the auspices of the Rhode Island Department of Health's Tobacco Control program and was designed to build capacity among nine community-based organizations to mount comprehensive tobacco control interventions in five diverse communities within the state. This paper: (1) provides a description of community mobilization; (2) presents a logic model for planning and decision making used by state-university-community partners; (3) describes training, technical assistance services and implementation; and, (4) describes the evaluation and program improvement activities used to support on-going project development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Chafee Bldg., Kingston, RI 02881-0808, USA. pflorin@uri.edu
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Florin
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Celebucki
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Jasmine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salago
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Marianela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dougal
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016730:Program Development; D011640:Public Policy; D012237:Rhode Island; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D012944:Social Support; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*