title: Reciprocal relations between coalition functioning and the provision of implementation support.
abstract: Community coalitions have been promoted as a strategy to help overcome challenges to the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based prevention programs. This paper explores the characteristics of coalitions that enable the provision of implementation support for prevention programs in general and for the implementation of evidence-based prevention programs with fidelity. Longitudinal cross-lagged panel models were used to study 74 Communities That Care (CTC) coalitions in Pennsylvania. These analyses provide evidence of a unidirectional influence of coalition functioning on the provision of implementation support. Coalition member knowledge of the CTC model best predicted the coalition's provision of support for evidence-based program implementation with fidelity. Implications for developing and testing innovative methods for delivering training and technical assistance to enhance coalition member knowledge are discussed.
authors: University of Texas School of Public Health, 1101 N. Campbell, Room 409, El Paso, TX, 79902, USA, louis.d.brown@uth.tmc.edu.
authors: Louis D
authors: LD
authors: Brown
authors: Mark E
authors: ME
authors: Feinberg
authors: Valerie B
authors: VB
authors: Shapiro
authors: Mark T
authors: MT
authors: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation