To conduct a Community Readiness Assessment, start with the following approach.
Planning & preparation
- Clearly identify your issue
Community Readiness Assessments are used to gauge a community’s knowledge of, readiness to act, and success level of a health, social, or community issue. In order for CRAs to be the most effective you should have a clearly defined issue.
Examples of a specific defined issue:- Underage Drinking (ages 12-17)
- Underage drinking (ages 18-20)
- Binge drinking by youth under the age of 21
- Binge adult drinking over the age of 21
You can use this worksheet to help identify your issue.