Prevention Center of Excellence
Annotated Bibliography:
Substance Abuse Prevention & Planning
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Compiled by Clare Desrosiers
May 8, 2006
Arthur, M. W., & Blitz, C. (2000). Bridging the gap between science and
practice in drug abuse prevention through needs assessment and strategic
community planning. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(3), 241-255.
The authors detail the process of improving the accountability of
prevention programs: identification and prioritization of local needs,
assessment of baseline conditions and specification of outcomes,
monitoring implementation of selected strategies, and monitoring changes
in outcome indicators over time. The authors describe the components of
effective community prevention programming, list protective and risk
factors for substance abuse, and describe the process of resource
assessment (including asset mapping).
Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., Pollard, J. A., Catalano, R. F., &
Baglioni, A. J. (2002). Measuring risk and protective factors for
substance use, delinquency, and other adolescent problem behaviors: The
Communities That Care Youth Survey. Evaluation Review, 26(6), 575-601.
This article describes the development of the Communities That Care
Survey, which can be used to assess the existence of risk and protective
factors for substance use in adolescent populations. Such an assessment
can inform prevention planning.
Birkby, B. (n.d.). Community readiness for strategic planning in
substance abuse prevention: Literature review, conceptual framework, and
proposed plan. Louisville, KY: REACH of Louisville, Inc.
The author summarizes the steps of the Kentucky community readiness
plan. He discusses the importance of readiness and sustainability and
identifies several key factors that need to exist for readiness and
sustainability to occur.
Communities That Care. (n.d.) Communities that care prevention
strategies guide. Retrieved May 16, 2006 from
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/ctc/resources.aspx?
This guide provides a summary of the prevention planning process, with
an emphasis on the importance of planning, as well as information about
effective prevention programs and an index of risk and protective
factors.
Galano, J., Credle, W., Perry, D., Berg, S. W., Huntington, L., & Stief,
E. (2001). Developing and sustaining a successful community prevention
initiative: The Hampton Healthy Families partnership. The Journal of
Primary Prevention, 21(4), 495-509.
This article summarizes the development and sustainment of a prevention
initiative. In its discussion of the planning process used when the
initiative was forming, the authors note that key components of that
process were the creation of an outcome-based mission statement, a
partnership-investor model, and a focus on prevention. Once the
initiative was established, the decision was made to undergo a system
conversion, a process which is explained in the article and includes
community strategic planning and multi-year planning and budgeting.
Hawkins, J. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2002). Tools for community leaders: A
guidebook for getting started. University of Washington: Social
Development Research Group. Retrieved May 16, 2006, from
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/ctc/resources.aspx?
This comprehensive guidebook provides extensive information on how to
work with communities to establish substance abuse prevention programs.
The guidebook includes readiness assessment questions, worksheets,
presentation and training plans and other resources. It emphasizes the
importance of planning in collaboration with community stakeholders.
Hawkins, J. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2005). Investing in your community’s
youth: An introduction to the Communities That Care system. University
of Washington: Social Development Research Group. Retrieved May 17, 2006
from
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/ctc/resources.aspx?
This guidebook provides a review of the Communities That Care(CTC) program and summaries of the research literature that informed its
development. It also includes program implementation steps, a list of
risk and protective factors, and descriptions of effective prevention
strategies.
Hoffman, H. L., Castro-Dolan, C. A., Johnson, V. M., & Church, D. R.
(2004). The Massachusetts HIV, hepatitis, addiction services integration
(HHASI) experience: Responding to the comprehensive needs of individuals
with co-occurring risks and conditions. Public Health Reports, 119,
25-31.
This article describes the process by which HIV/AIDS and substance abuse
programming at the state level were integrated. The organizational
structure consisted of an integrated team of representatives from both
HIV/AIDS and substance abuse program planners, in addition to others.
This team functioned as the primary planning group. A community advisory
group was established and external consultants were also utilized.
Outcomes of the integrated service group were joint inter-bureau
technical assistance training for providers, coordination and access to
information, joint procurement processes (for financial and other
supports), and joint contracting for services.
Miller, R. L., Bedney, B. J., Guenther-Grey, C., & The CITY Project
Study Team. (2003). Assessing organizational capacity to deliver HIV
prevention services collaboratively: Tales from the field. Health
Education and Behavior, 30(5), 582-600.
The authors note the importance of planning to the success of
collaborative partnerships. The assessment tool developed by the authors
and described in the study was used to identify partner assets, match
intervention activities to the strengths of partnerships, and to measure
improvements in organizational capacity.
Stimson, G. V., Fitch, C., Des Jarlais, D., Poznyak, V., Perlis, T.,
Oppenheimer, E., & Rhodes, T. (2006). Rapid assessment and response
studies of injection drug use: Knowledge gain, capacity building and
intervention development in a multisite study. American Journal of
Public Health, 96(2), 288-295.
The authors report their study of the rapid assessment and response
planning strategy at the macro-organizational level. In the study, they
gathered opinions from researchers who used this strategy. They conclude
that the strategy seems to be an effective way to foster increased
knowledge about community need, establish linkages with other community
entities, and increase capacity to conduct research and needs
assessment. This strategy also helped identify target populations and
informed the process of planning and intervention development.
St. Pierre, T. L. (2001). Strategies for community/school collaborations
to prevent youth substance abuse. The Journal of Primary Prevention,
21(3), 381-398.
This article summarizes findings from group interviews with CSAP
grantees, who provided insights from their experiences regarding the
development and sustainment of collaborations with school-based
substance abuse prevention programs. Strategies identified as effective
fell into four categories: establishment of the collaboration
(strategies: use an existing community-wide coalition, build on previous
positive working relationships, identify the right collaborators, create
a common vision, and clearly define roles and flow of funds);
maintenance of cooperation with schools during program implementation
(strategies: develop trusting, positive relationships and adhere to
school rules and regulations); recognition of cultural issues
(strategies: identify the specific cultural facets of the local
situation, consider culture in program planning and consider local
culture in program development and implementation); and
institutionalization of collaborative prevention strategies (strategies:
maintain collaborators roles and work toward permanent community
commitment).
