Community Engagement & Stakeholder Collaboration Flashcards

A CPP practitioner is designing a community coalition to address youth substance use. Which structural element most increases coalition sustainability?

Answer: Embedding the coalition within an existing community institution with shared governance

Embedding a coalition within an established institution provides infrastructure and legitimacy that sustains it beyond initial grant cycles.

When conducting a needs assessment with a distrustful community, which initial engagement strategy is most appropriate?

Answer: Partner with trusted community gatekeepers to facilitate initial conversations

Trusted gatekeepers bridge the gap between outside practitioners and skeptical communities, reducing resistance and improving data quality.

The SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework Step 2 focuses on building community capacity. Which action best exemplifies this step?

Answer: Training local volunteers as peer prevention educators

Building capacity involves developing local human resources and skills so the community can sustain prevention efforts independently.

A prevention professional discovers that two key stakeholder groups hold opposing views on the best intervention approach. The most effective facilitation technique is:

Answer: Using interest-based negotiation to identify shared underlying goals

Interest-based negotiation moves beyond positions to shared interests, enabling collaborative problem-solving among conflicting stakeholders.

Which of the following best describes the role of a community advisory board in prevention planning?

Answer: Providing representative community guidance and accountability to planners

Advisory boards provide community perspective and oversight but are one component of engagement, not a replacement for broader participation.

A CPP practitioner wants to engage Hispanic/Latino community members who have limited English proficiency. The most culturally responsive first step is:

Answer: Recruiting bilingual community health workers from within the target population

Community health workers from within the population ensure authentic linguistic and cultural representation, going beyond mere translation.

In the context of stakeholder mapping, a 'high influence, low interest' stakeholder should primarily be:

Answer: Kept satisfied with periodic high-level communications

High influence/low interest stakeholders should be kept satisfied because their power can affect the program even if they don't engage deeply.