Background
Methods
Context of application
Objectives
Participants
Data collection
Data analysis
Stage # | Stage Title | Description |
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1 | No awareness | Issue is not generally recognized by the community or leaders as a problem (or it may truly not be an issue). |
2 | Denial/Resistance | At least some community members recognize that it is a concern, but there is little recognition that it might be occurring locally and not support to provide resources to address the issue |
3 | Vague awareness | Some feel that there is a local concern, but there is no immediate motivation to do anything about it. |
4 | Preplanning | There is clear recognition that something should be done, and there may even be a group addressing it. However, efforts are not focused or detailed. |
5 | Preparation | Active leaders begin planning in earnest. Community offers modest support of efforts. |
6 | Initiation | Enough information is available to justify efforts. Activities are underway and some resources exist. |
7 | Stabilisation | Activities are supported by community leadership, administrators or community decision makers. Staff are trained and experienced. |
8 | Expansion/Confirmation | Leadership plays a key role, majority of community strongly support action, considerable allocated resources. |
9 | Community ownership | Most community members have considerable and detailed knowledge of efforts, leadership is highly engaged, diversified resources and funds are secured. |
Results
Participants
Community readiness data
Community Readiness Model Dimensions (Definition) | Baseline Readiness Score | YCHANGe strategy | Strategies to increase readiness levels |
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Knowledge of issue | 3.61 (vague awareness) | Media Social marketing and social media | Weekly newspaper articles School newsletter articles Presentations at AGMs and community groups Radio interviews Attendance at local community events Facebook (126 followers) Twitter YCHANGe branded resources (water bottles, t-shirts, placecards) Establishment of YarriYak Café |
Knowledge of efforts | 3.13 (vague awareness) | ||
Community Climate | 3.39 (vague awareness) | ||
Leadership | 4.25 (preplanning) | Meetings with key stakeholders | Individual and small group meetings with CEO and executive management leaders across the area. |
Establish backbone organisation | Multi-stakeholder backbone with CEO representation from seven local organisations and the mayor as community representative met three times per year. | ||
Establish steering committee | Steering Committee: comprised of representation from the following sectors: health, education, disability, neighbourhood houses, sports and general community representatives met six times per year. | ||
Community champions | Working groups met monthly | ||
Resources | 3.07 (vague awareness) | Mobilise existing employed resources in health promotion and community development. | Face to face meetings with relevant CEOs and executive level management. |
Engage with GPs to prioritise prevention. | Training for General Practice Nurses on prevention models and maximising business case for prevention. | ||
Meetings with key stakeholders in local government to re-orient existing policy. | Policy changes to incorporate health and wellbeing in LGA strategic plan. | ||
Training for local community members in healthy eating | Partnerships with health promotion expertise. | ||
Capacity building through training of employed staff and volunteers | Community training on healthy choice food guidelines. | ||
Community training on understanding systems thinking and complexity. | |||
Short term grant funding to mobilise efforts | Various government, philanthropic sources and funding from Rural Northwest Health |
Domains | Baseline | Follow-up | Change |
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M | SD | M | SD | |||
Knowledge of issue ‘How much does the community know about the issue?’ | 3.61 | 1.46 | 5.57 | 1.87 | + 1.96 | < 0.001 |
Knowledge of efforts ‘How much does the community know about the current programs and activities?’ | 3.13 | 1.49 | 6.25 | 2.25 | + 3.12 | < 0.001 |
Community climate ‘What is the community’s attitude toward addressing the issue?’ | 3.39 | 0.92 | 5.02 | 1.69 | + 1.63 | 0.002 |
Leadership ‘What is leadership’s attitude toward addressing the issue? | 4.25 | 1.01 | 5.20 | 2.01 | + 0.95 | 0.032 |
Resources ‘What are the resources that are being used or could be used to address the issue? | 3.07 | 0.86 | 3.16 | 1.00 | + 0.09 | 0.868 |
Overall | 3.49 | 5.04 | + 1.55 | < 0.001 |