Citation

Brackley MH, Davila YR, Thornton J, Leal C, Mudd G, Shafer J, Castillo P, Spears W. J. Transcult. Nurs. 2003; 14(3): 227-236.

Affiliation

Department of Chronic Nursing Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1043659603014003009

PMID

12861925

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the Community Readiness Model implemented by the San Antonio Safe Family Coalition in Bexar County, Texas, a coordinated community response to prevent intimate partner violence. The project used a participatory action process to (a) determine the city's and county's stage of readiness to prevent intimate partner violence; (b) identify differences in the city and county by dividing the area into sectors for the assessment; (c) engage the community in determining the accuracy and usefulness of the results of the assessment; (d) develop targeted strategies to move the city and county to a higher stage of readiness for prevention of intimate partner violence; and (e) evaluate the results of the project.

Language: en