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Capacity Primer: Building Membership, Structure, Leadership and Cultural Competence

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About the Course

This primer provides clear guidelines for assisting a coalition to build the capacity needed to develop and carry out a comprehensive community plan to reduce substance abuse. It describes the components of a coherent plan related to a coalition’s strategies and priorities for capacity building.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Capacity Primer: Building Membership, Structure, Leadership and Cultural Competence created by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute in 2010.

Journal/Publisher

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

Publication Date

2006, Revised 2010

Course Material Author

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute

CADCA's National Coalition Institute serves as a center for training, technical assistance, evaluation, research, and capacity building for community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States.

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Recommended For

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about building capacity within community anti-drug coalitions. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Describe the process of building a strong coalition through membership selection and recruitment.
  2. Explain methods of organizing and structuring a coalition to maximize success.
  3. Identify important aspects of effective coalition leadership.
  4. Discuss the building of cultural competence in coalition work.

Availability

This course is available starting Nov 6th, 2007 and expires Dec 29th, 2020

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 101266
  • 3 CE credit hours
  • Rhode Island Mental Health Counselors & Marriage & Family Therapists Board: 2 CE credit hours
  • NBCC: 2 CE credit hours

  • Reading-Based Online
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