Developmental Stages and Work Capacities of Community Coalitions: How Extension Educators Address and Evaluate Changing Coalition Needs

Extension educators provide resources to community coalitions. The study reported here adds to what is known about community coalitions and applies an assessment framework to a state-level coalition-based Extension program on healthy relationships and marriages. The study combines the Internal Coali...

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Published inJournal of extension Vol. 52; no. 1
Main Authors Nichols, Allison, Riffe, Jane, Peck, Terrill, Kaczor, Cheryl, Nix, Kelly, Faulkner-Van Deysen, Angela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Extension Journal, Inc 01.02.2014
Subjects
Community Cooperation
Community Organizations
Educational Needs
Extension Education
Focus Groups
Interpersonal Relationship
Intervention
Marriage
Rural Extension
West Virginia
West Virginia
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Summary:Extension educators provide resources to community coalitions. The study reported here adds to what is known about community coalitions and applies an assessment framework to a state-level coalition-based Extension program on healthy relationships and marriages. The study combines the Internal Coalition Outcome Hierarchy (ICOH) framework with four coalition capacity categories: general, internal, external, and prevention. The findings from two focus groups, one with formation coalition leaders and one with midlevel coalition leaders, are presented. Recommendations are made for designing educational, service, and evaluation interventions to meet the needs of community coalitions at specific developmental stages.
ISSN:1077-5315
0022-0140
1077-5315
DOI:10.34068/joe.52.01.04