Objective: Communities That Care (CTC) is an evidence-based community mobilization model designed to prevent problematic adolescent behaviors such as delinquency and substance use by organizing community coalitions that choose and implement evidence-based practices to address community-specific risk and protective factors. This paper presents findings from the evaluation of Keeping Families Together (KFT)—an adapted CTC approach that targets community-wide prevention of child maltreatment in families with children ages 0–10. Method: We compared findings from 2 Oregon communities that implemented KFT with those from 12 communities that implemented traditional CTC as part of a site-randomized controlled trial. We analyzed data collected approximately 3.5 years into implementation to determine whether this adapted approach resulted in similar implementation quality, board functioning, community transformation, and perceived program sustainability as original CTC. Results: Board functioning, communities’ adoption of a science-based approach to prevention, and sustainability in the adapted KFT approach were equal or superior to traditional CTC sites 3.5 years into implementation. Conclusions: As an adaptation of the evidence-based CTC community mobilization approach, KFT offers the potential of a promising extension of CTC for prevention of child maltreatment.

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评估社区预防儿童虐待的适应方法

目标：关怀社区（CTC）是一个基于证据的社区动员模型，旨在通过组织社区联盟来选择和实施基于证据的做法来解决特定于社区的风险和保护因素，从而预防青少年的不良行为，例如犯罪和滥用毒品。本文介绍了“保持家人在一起”（KFT）评估的结果，这是一种经过改编的CTC方法，旨在在社区范围内预防0-10岁儿童的家庭虐待儿童。方法：我们将来自两个实施KFT的俄勒冈社区与来自实施传统CTC的12个社区的发现进行了比较，作为现场随机对照试验的一部分。我们分析了大约3收集的数据。实施5年后，才能确定这种调整后的方法是否导致了与原始CTC相似的实施质量，董事会职能，社区转型以及可感知的计划可持续性。结果：董事会运作，社区采用基于科学的预防方法以及采用适应性KFT方法的可持续性与实施3.5年以来的传统CTC场所相同或更高。结论：作为对基于证据的反恐委员会社区动员方法的改编，KFT为预防儿童虐待提供了有望扩大反恐委员会的潜力。改编后的KFT方法的可持续性与实施3.5年以来的传统CTC站点相同或更高。结论：作为对基于证据的反恐委员会社区动员方法的改编，KFT为预防儿童虐待提供了有望扩大反恐委员会的潜力。改编后的KFT方法的可持续性与实施3.5年以来的传统CTC站点相同或更高。结论：作为对基于证据的反恐委员会社区动员方法的改编，KFT为预防儿童虐待提供了有望扩大反恐委员会的潜力。