Communal Prevention Operative Model: A Chilean Experience

This article presents the implementation of a prevention program at Communal level, using the Operative Model that was developed for academics of the University of Chile to develop preventive work in different communities of Chile. The stages of the Operative Model are based in working the social ne...

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Published inAdicciones (Palma de Mallorca) Vol. 12; no. 4
Main Authors Caris, L, Selame, T, Agurto, Mª I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Palma de Mallorca Socidrogalcohol 01.10.2000
Subjects
Community
Prevention
Social networks
Chile
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Summary:This article presents the implementation of a prevention program at Communal level, using the Operative Model that was developed for academics of the University of Chile to develop preventive work in different communities of Chile. The stages of the Operative Model are based in working the social network. There are four stages: 1. Institutional phase, 2. Reticular phase, 3. Community phase, and 4. Evaluation. They put into in practice in 15 communes of the country from 1997 to 1999. In 12 out of 15 communities they conformed a Coordinating Committee. The municipality was the Strategic Center and in 11 of them they had diverse degrees of support. One of the important actions it was the elaboration and development of prevention projects at local level, that were presented in 13 of the 15 communes. Some problems arose like the little integration among community leaders and people at Municipal level and the need of an stronger support from the municipal authorities. Only in a few communes we could introduce the communal prevention plan into the Communal Development Plan.
ISSN:0214-4840