The power of a collaborative relationship between technical assistance providers and community prevention teams: A correlational and longitudinal study

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• Alternative Title:
  Eval Program Plann
• Personal Author:
  Chilenski, Sarah M. ; Perkins, Daniel F. ; Olson, Jonathan ; Hoffman, Lesa ; Feinberg, Mark E. ; Greenberg, Mark ; Welsh, Janet ; Crowley, D. Max ; Spoth, Richard
• Description:
  Background
  
  Historically, effectiveness of community collaborative prevention efforts has been mixed. Consequently, research has been undertaken to better understand the factors that support their effectiveness; theory and some related empirical research suggests that the provision of technical assistance is one important supporting factor. The current study examines one aspect of technical assistance that may be important in supporting coalition effectiveness, the collaborative relationship between the technical assistance provider and site lead implementer.
  
  Methods
  
  Four and one-half years of data were collected from technical assistance providers and prevention team members from the 14 community prevention teams involved in the PROSPER project.
  
  Results
  
  Spearman correlation analyses with longitudinal data show that the levels of the collaborative relationship during one phase of collaborative team functioning associated with characteristics of internal team functioning in future phases.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Results suggest that community collaborative prevention work should consider the collaborative nature of the technical assistance provider – prevention community team relationship when designing and conducting technical assistance activities, and it may be important to continually assess these dynamics to support high quality implementation.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Community-Institutional Relations Community Collaboration Cooperative Behavior Cooperative Extension System Evidence-based Programs Group Processes Health Education Humans Implementation Quality Leadership Longitudinal Studies Prevention Preventive Health Services Program Evaluation PROSPER School Health Services Technical Assistance

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• Source:
  Eval Program Plann. 54:19-29.
• Pubmed ID:
  26476860
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4666771
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA013709/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; R18 DP002279/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R01 AA014702/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States ; AA14702/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States ; DP 002279/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; RC2 DA028879/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; DA013709/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  54
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:07035550490289d5b94137e59b0786393c0afaaffddad3b794c1fe3ed8b88d70
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36256/cdc_36256_DS1.pdf
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