229066 An Assessment of Organizational Capacity for Primary Prevention

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

Wendi L. Siebold, MA, MPH , Northwest Regional Office, Evaluation, Management & Training Associates, Seattle, WA
Background: The national DELTA PREP Project aims to build the capacity of state domestic violence (IPV) coalitions to support IPV prevention efforts. Since many of these organizations are new to prevention, there was a need to develop a measure of organizational capacity for prevention. This presentation will describe the development and results of the Coalition Prevention Capacity Assessment (CPCA), a new measure of organizational capacity to support primary prevention. Methods: The CPCA was administered to the 19 DELTA PREP coalitions/organizations in August 2009. Respondents included Coalition Executive Directors (n=17), (up to 3) Coalition Staff (n=55), the Coalition Board Chairperson (n=18), and Coalition Board Members (n=188). The online survey was tailored for each type of respondent. Results: Within one week after the completion of their assessment, each Coalition was given a summary of their assessment, which was used for action planning at the upcoming regional meetings. In this presentation, findings from the national summary of the CPCA will be presented, and will highlight areas interest within each of the six pre-determined constructs of organizational capacity for prevention: staffing, leadership, structures and processes, and partner, resource and member agency development. Conclusions: The Coalition Prevention Capacity Assessment (CPCA) is the first instrument to assess the multiple constructs that make up an organization's capacity to support primary prevention activities. The successful online administration of this instrument with domestic violence coalitions is an excellent example of the utility of this kind of assessment for assessing and planning for changes in organizational capacity to support prevention.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the key areas of organizational capacity that relate to primary prevention 2. Describe the administration and content of the CPCA, and its applicability to other violence prevention efforts that involve organizational capacity-building 3. Explain how an organizational assessment can be a key tool for planning organizational changes within an organization that is engaging in prevention activities

Keywords: Prevention, Evaluation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the lead developer of the instrument that will be discussed in this presentation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.