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Eval Program Plann ; 31(4): 382-91, 2008 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18845338

ABSTRACT

This article reports on the results of a statewide assessment of the capacity-building needs of organizations that provide health services to ethnic minority groups in Ohio. The research addressed gaps in knowledge about the specific needs of these organizations for improved effectiveness and long-term sustainability. A telephone survey of 659 organizations, supplemented by focus groups with 37 participants in the state's largest cities, indicated substantial need and interest in capacity-building technical assistance in areas such as revenue-generating activities, marketing and public relations, information technology training, program evaluation, and board leadership development. The limited ability of these organizations to pay for the needed assistance creates challenges for planning approaches to meet these vital needs.


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Community Health Services/organization & administration , Minority Health , Needs Assessment , Organizations, Nonprofit/organization & administration , Community Health Services/economics , Efficiency, Organizational , Focus Groups , Health Care Surveys , Health Planning Technical Assistance , Humans , Logistic Models , Ohio , Organizations, Nonprofit/economics , Program Development/methods , Program Evaluation
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Drug Alcohol Depend ; 82(1): 47-60, 2006 Mar 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16154296

ABSTRACT

The present experiment was designed to determine whether individual variation in neurobiological mechanisms associated with substance abuse risk moderated effects of a brief preventive intervention on social competency skills. This study was conducted in collaboration with the ongoing preventive intervention study at Johns Hopkins University Prevention Intervention Research Center (JHU PIRC) within the Baltimore City Public Schools. A subsample (N = 120) of male 9th grade students was recruited from the larger JHU study population. Approximately half of the participants had a current or lifetime diagnosis of CD while the other half had no diagnosis of CD or other reported problem behaviors. Measures of executive cognitive function (ECF), emotional perception and intelligence were administered. In a later session, participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. The experimental group underwent a facilitated session using excerpted materials from a model preventive intervention, Positive Adolescent Choices Training (PACT), and controls received no intervention. Outcomes (i.e., social competency skills) were assessed using virtual reality vignettes involving behavioral choices as well as three social cognition questionnaires. Poor cognitive and emotional performance and a diagnosis of CD predicted less favorable change in social competency skills in response to the prevention curriculum. This study provides evidence for the moderating effects of neurocognitive and emotional regulatory functions on ability of urban male youth to respond to preventive intervention materials.


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Brain/physiology , Cognition/physiology , Health Promotion , Intelligence , Preventive Health Services , Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control , Urban Population/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Affect , Attitude to Health , Decision Making , Humans , Male , Psychology , Social Behavior , User-Computer Interface
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