Roles of Organizers and Champions in Building Campus-Community Prevention Partnerships

Autor/inn/en	Zakocs, Ronda C.; Tiwari, Rashmi; Vehige, Tamara; DeJong, William
Titel	Roles of Organizers and Champions in Building Campus-Community Prevention Partnerships
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 57 (2008) 2, S.233-241 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
Schlagwörter	School Community Programs; Colleges; Prevention; Drinking; Social Environment; Program Effectiveness; Case Studies; Administrator Role; Community Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Soziales Umfeld; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	Objective: A campus-community partnership can be an effective vehicle for launching environmental strategies to prevent college alcohol-related problems. In this study, the authors' primary aim was identifying key factors that facilitate or impede colleges' efforts to build campus-community partnerships. Participants and Methods: From fall 2004 to summer 2006, administrators at five 4-year colleges participated in a multisite case study. Level of partnership development was the primary outcome. Results: Three interrelated factors facilitated higher-developed partnerships: college staff assigned to facilitate the partnerships who worked as community organizers, higher-level college administrators who served as aggressive champions, and community initiation of the partnership. The authors did not observe this trio of factors among the less-developed partnerships. A lack of administrative support made it more difficult for a champion to emerge, a college administrator who staunchly advocated for a campus-community partnership, and for those assigned to facilitate the partnership to carry out their work. Conclusions: Colleges should appoint higher-level administrators to serve as champions, while also ensuring that those assigned to facilitate a partnership can apply community organizing skills. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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