Background Community participation is widely believed to be beneficial to the development,
implementation and evaluation of health services. However, many challenges to successful …

Background Communication and marketing are rapidly becoming recognized as core
functions, or core competencies, in the field of public health. Although these disciplines have …

Attempts to solve the “problem of adolescent pregnancy” have long been a focus of national,
state, and local efforts in the United States. This review article summarizes trends and …

Background Research is needed to evaluate the impact of implementation support
interventions over and above typical efforts by community settings to deploy evidence-based …

In the field of teen pregnancy prevention many efficacious prevention programs are
available but adoption of these programs is slow at the community level. In this article, we …

Background Community organizations can have difficulty implementing evidence-based
prevention programs. More research is needed on implementation support interventions …

Coalition-based efforts that use a science-based approach to prevention can improve the
wellbeing of community youth. This study measured several coalition capacities that are …

Often, community coalitions are facilitators of community‐level changes when addressing
underage drinking. Although studies have shown that enhancing coalition capacity is related …

Partnerships among multiple organizations across a range of sectors that bring together
multiple perspectives are a common way of addressing community health and building …

Introduction Expectant and parenting young people (young parents) need a range of
supports but may have difficulty accessing existing resources. An optimally connected …