Community Readiness Model for Prevention Planning: Addressing Childhood Obesity in American Indian Reservation Communities

DiscussionThe low readiness scores directed the team to implement corresponding strategies to increase awareness, while the thematic analysis suggested that action-based approaches might also be appropriate. The narrow range of scores suggest that community-wide assessments may be sufficient unless specific information is needed for each region of the community. The CRM may be an effective way to assess community readiness to address childhood obesity on an American Indian Reservation.

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Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - July 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research