Cultivating Systemic Capacity: The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Enhancement Project

Florin, Paul; Celebucki, Carolyn; Stevenson, John F.; Mena, Jasmine A.; Salago, Dawn; White, Andrew W.; Harvey, Betty; Dougal, Marianela

doi:10.1007/s10464-006-9080-1

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“…The results from this study show that the majority of the TA providers' time was spent on communication with the TA recipients. As expressed by others studying TA to build prevention program capacity (Florin et al, 2006), we learned that brief and direct communication was highly valued by practitioners. The data from the TA notes and interviews suggest that an important component of the TA providers' style was to serve as a motivator and guide to practitioners by setting meetings, giving direction, troubleshooting, and providing structure.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting To Outcomes® Framework

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Demands on community-based prevention programs for performance accountability and positive outcomes are ever increasing in the face of constrained resources. Relatively little is known about how technical assistance (TA) should be structured to benefit community-based organizations and to lead to better outcomes. In this study, data from multiple sources were used to describe an effective TA model designed to improve the capacity of community-based organizations to plan, implement, and evaluate prevention programming. This article is the first of its kind to provide detailed analyses of the TA delivered to community-based organizations to build substance abuse prevention capacity. The results of this study describe the range of TA services provided and the importance of two-way communication between the TA provider and recipient. TA recipients reported high satisfaction and an improved understanding of targeted TA activities. However, achieving these benefits requires significant program staff time, and not all skills were successfully transferred. Results from this study suggest how TA may be structured to be effective in supporting quality prevention programming in community settings.

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confidence: 91%

“…TA has costs as well as benefits for practitioners to consider (Florin et al, 2006). Participating in TA directs staff time and energy away from other activities.…”

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Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting To Outcomes® Framework

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“…The concepts that were measured in this study are modifiable and thus could be targeted through capacity building interventions. For example, Florin and colleagues conducted a capacity building intervention that improved the confidence of community groups, including coalitions, to address tobacco control efforts across Rhode Island (Florin et al., ). In another study, coalitions randomly assigned to receive an internal capacity building intervention demonstrated more effective prevention plans, plan implementation, and meetings than those that did not receive the intervention (Riggs, Nakawatase & Pentz, ).…”

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“…Collaborative approaches to change are ubiquitous in the United States (U.S.) and around the world. Councils, task forces, and coalitions have formed around the country to respond to complex social issues including substance use prevention (Florin, Mitchell, Stevenson & Klein, ; Florin et al., ), health promotion (Butterfoss, Goodman & Wandersman, ; Butterfoss & Kegler, ), and family violence (Allen, Javdani, Lehrner & Walden, ; Allen et al., ). In recent years, collaborative models have been applied in response to growing concerns about obesity (Huang et al., ), access to affordable healthy food (Walsh, Taggart, Freedman, Trapl & Borawski, ), and food system sustainability (Hassanein, ).…”

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Evaluating Food Policy Councils Using Structural Equation Modeling

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Allen

et al. 2017

American J of Comm Psychol

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At least 282 Food Policy Councils (FPCs) are currently working to improve access to healthy foods in their communities by connecting food system sectors, gathering community input, and advising food policy. Empirical research on FPCs is limited. This study empirically evaluates FPCs to better understand the relationships between Organizational Capacity, Social Capital, and Council Effectiveness by testing a FPC Framework adapted from Allen and colleagues (2012). Members of all FPCs in the U.S., Canada, and Native American Tribes and First Nations were invited to complete the Food Policy Council Self-Assessment Tool (FPC-SAT). Structural equation modeling was used to test the FPC Framework. Three hundred and fifty-four FPC members from 95 councils completed the FPC-SAT. After slight modification, a revised FPC Framework was a good fit with the data (χ = 40.085, df = 24, p-value = .021, comparative fit index = 0.988, Tucker Lewis index = 0.982, root mean squared error of approximation = 0.044, p-close = .650). A moderation analysis revealed that community context influences the relationship between Social Capital and Council Effectiveness within the FPC Framework. The FPC Framework can guide capacity building interventions and FPC evaluations. The empirically tested framework can help FPCs efficiently work toward achieving their missions and improving their local food system.

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“…However, the time and effort local programme staff exert to define TA needs and secure needed assistance can also add up (Florin et al 2006). …”

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Defining and assessing evidence for the effectiveness of technical assistance in furthering global health

West

Clapp

Averill

et al. 2012

Global Public Health

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In an era when health resources are increasingly constrained, international organisations are transitioning from directly managing health services to providing technical assistance (TA) to in-country owners of public health programmes. We define TA as: A dynamic, capacity-building process for designing or improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of specific programmes, research, services, products, or systems’. TA can build sustainable capacities, strengthen health systems and support country ownership. However, our assessment of published evaluations found limited evidence for its effectiveness. We summarise socio-behavioural theories relevant to TA, review published evaluations and describe skills required for TA providers. We explore challenges to providing TA including cost effectiveness, knowledge management and sustaining TA systems. Lastly, we outline recommendations for structuring global TA systems. Considering its important role in global health, more rigorous evaluations of TA efforts should be given high priority.

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Cultivating Systemic Capacity: The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Enhancement Project

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Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting To Outcomes® Framework

Technical Assistance as a Prevention Capacity-Building Tool: A Demonstration Using the Getting To Outcomes® Framework

Evaluating Food Policy Councils Using Structural Equation Modeling

Defining and assessing evidence for the effectiveness of technical assistance in furthering global health

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