11.4 SMART 5.1. Community Norms Ranked as High or Low Importance (If high, complete data indicators) Data source/question What change do you want to see? Example: 85% of community members believe taking Example: Decrease the percentage of community prescription medication without a prescription is members who believe taking a prescription medication doctor’s safe and does not lead to addiction (Local Survey, 2015) without a prescription is safe and does not lead doctor’s to addiction by 8% by June 2019 (Local Survey, 2019) In your Community Assessment Workbook (Section 12), you prioritized local conditions and related intervening variables by considering This list illustrates the local conditions which you will “Importance” only. at some point focus on in this PFS project. You will now rank these local conditions and related – – intervening variables previously identified as important considering “Changeability”. Changeability describes a capacity to influence a specific intervening variable or local condition. community’s These questions can help you determine a factor’s changeability: Do we have the resources and readiness to address this factor? Does a suitable intervention exist to address this factor? Can we produce outcomes within a reasonable timeframe? When considering changeability for each high importance local condition, it is important to refer back to the work you have already completed in Sections 5 and 6 of your Community Assessment Workbook and your Capacity-Building Workbook. Remember, just because a local condition is ranked on changeability, does not mean you cannot or “low” should not focus in that area. A rank of will provide you with a starting point, and you “low” changeability may need to implement more capacity-building activities prior to implementing a strategy impacting that local condition. The work you complete in this section will assist you in determining when or what order you will address the various local conditions. 12 INTERVENING VARIABLES Retail Availability Social Availability Enforcement Community Norms
11.4 SMART 5.1. Community Norms Ranked as High or Low Importance (If high, complete data indicators) Data source/question What change do you want to see? Example: 85% of community members believe taking prescription medication without a doctor’s prescription is safe and does not lead to addiction (Local Survey, 2015) Example: Decrease the percentage of community members who believe taking a prescription medication without a doctor’s prescription is safe and does not lead to addiction by 8% by June 2019 (Local Survey, 2019) In your Community Assessment Workbook (Section 12), you prioritized local conditions and related intervening variables by considering “Importance” only. This list illustrates the local conditions which you will – at some point – focus on in this PFS project. You will now rank these local conditions and related intervening variables previously identified as important considering “Changeability”. Changeability describes a community’s capacity to influence a specific intervening variable or local condition. These questions can help you determine a factor’s changeability: Do we have the resources and readiness to address this factor? Does a suitable intervention exist to address this factor? Can we produce outcomes within a reasonable timeframe? When considering changeability for each high importance local condition, it is important to refer back to the work you have already completed in Sections 5 and 6 of your Community Assessment Workbook and your Capacity-Building Workbook. Remember, just because a local condition is ranked “low” on changeability, does not mean you cannot or should not focus in that area. A rank of “low” changeability will provide you with a starting point, and you may need to implement more capacity-building activities prior to implementing a strategy impacting that local condition. The work you complete in this section will assist you in determining when or what order you will address the various local conditions. 12 INTERVENING VARIABLES Retail Availability Social Availability Enforcement Community Norms
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