%0 Journal Article
%T The Community Readiness Model: Evaluating Local Smoke-Free Policy Development
%J Policy, politics and nursing practice
%D 2007
%A Hahn, Ellen J.
%A York, Nancy L.
%V 8
%N 3
%P 184-200
%X The purpose of this article is to review the literature on community readiness and assess the utility of the community readiness model (CRM) for understanding and affecting smoke-free policy development and implementation. The CRM evaluates a community's capacity for successfully developing and implementing prevention or treatment interventions. The purposes of evaluating a community's readiness are to: (a) identify the stage of readiness for policy change, and (b) determine stage-specific strategies to advance a community toward policy change.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1527-1544
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527154407308409