Abstract
This report describes the efforts of a technical assistance organization to build coalition capacity among 20 substance use prevention coalitions using a tool developed via eight principles of participatory research methods. Preliminary application of the self-assessment measure and feedback from coalitions suggests its value in strengthening coalition functioning.
Highlights
For the last few decades, community-based coalitions have been used as a strategy to reduce the prevalence of substance abuse disorder (Butterfoss, 2007; Roussos & Fawcett, 2000)
This brief report describes the efforts of one technical support organization in Connecticut—the Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (PTTASC)—to create a coalition vitality assessment tool using participatory research methods and presents some preliminary observations from its initial use
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) contracted with Cross Sector Consulting, LLP, the lead partner of the PTTASC project, to support coalitions in implementing the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Administration Strategic Plan Framework (SPF) five step planning process
Summary
Considerable support has been directed to technical assistance organizations at the state, regional and national levels (Anderson-Carpenter, Watson-Thompson, Jones, & Chaney, 2017; WatsonThompson, Woods, Schober, & Schultz, 2013) to bolster coalition efficiency and viability This brief report describes the efforts of one technical support organization in Connecticut—the Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Service Center (PTTASC)—to create a coalition vitality assessment tool using participatory research methods and presents some preliminary observations from its initial use. Many coalition coordinators become the de facto leaders of the coalition and are often expected to provide almost all of the leadership and logistic functions, which underutilizes the human and social capital contained within the coalition Given this dynamic, many coalitions operate at levels analogous to stage 2 or 3 of Tufte and Mefalopulos’s Schulz, Parker, Becker, Allen and Guzman (2018) identified eight principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) which we used to classify the various activities that PTTASC, the EBWG, and the coalitions engaged in during the development and application of the CVAT (see Table 1)
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