title: The role of community resource assessments in the development of 15 adolescent health community-researcher partnerships.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Connect to Protect (C2P): Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions is an initiative that alters the community's structural elements to reduce youth HIV rates.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study details a community resource assessment and describes how resources were evaluated in the context of local needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen sites developed a community resource list, conducted a brief survey, created a youth service directory, and mapped where disease prevalence and community resources intersected. Sites also completed a survey to review and verify local site findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On average, sites identified 267 potential community resources. Sites narrowed their resource list to conduct a brief survey with 1,162 agencies; the site average was 78. Final products of this process included maps comparing resources with risk data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The evaluation of local resources is an important initial step in partnership development and is essential for the success of health promotion and disease prevention interventions that target adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Bethany Griffin
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Deeds
authors.forename: Ligia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peralta
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Willard
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellen
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castor
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011322:Primary Prevention; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D055815:Young Adult