Implementing and Evaluating the Communities That Care Prevention System in Rural Pennsylvania

Implementing and Evaluating the Communities That Care Prevention System in Rural Pennsylvania

Communities That Care (CTC) is a prevention-planning system that helps community members plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based prevention strategies that target common behavioral problems among youth. Recent evaluations of the system have indicated promising results. To date, most of these st...

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Main Author: Jonathan R. Olson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Youth Development
Online Access:http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/166
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spelling doaj-d4f2628dd970446cba4457efcb67f7712020-11-25T01:19:17ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of Youth Development2325-40172011-12-0164687810.5195/jyd.2011.166144Implementing and Evaluating the Communities That Care Prevention System in Rural PennsylvaniaJonathan R. Olson0The Pennsylvania State University – AltoonaCommunities That Care (CTC) is a prevention-planning system that helps community members plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based prevention strategies that target common behavioral problems among youth. Recent evaluations of the system have indicated promising results. To date, most of these studies have examined broad effects across multiple implementation sites. The purpose of the current study was to determine if such promising results could be replicated in a single rural county that has been implementing the CTC system for more than a decade. The results of this utilization-focused evaluation indicate a variety of positive effects on outcomes among adolescents.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/166
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description Communities That Care (CTC) is a prevention-planning system that helps community members plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based prevention strategies that target common behavioral problems among youth. Recent evaluations of the system have indicated promising results. To date, most of these studies have examined broad effects across multiple implementation sites. The purpose of the current study was to determine if such promising results could be replicated in a single rural county that has been implementing the CTC system for more than a decade. The results of this utilization-focused evaluation indicate a variety of positive effects on outcomes among adolescents.
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