Evaluation Summary
Dr. Brittany Cooper and Dr. Gitanjali Shrestha are PIs on a state project to examine the implementation and effectiveness of CPWI. Washington State Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) initiated CPWI in 2011 to reduce underage substance use among adolescents. CPWI is a strategic, data-informed, community coalition model aimed at preventing youth alcohol and drug use by targeting prevention efforts in the highest risk communities throughout the state. CPWI utilizes a comprehensive, multicomponent, and multilevel framework to reduce risk factors in individual, peer, family, school and community domains.
Graduate Student Participation on CPWI Evaluation
Graduate students are participating in all phases of the statewide evaluation of CPWI, including:
- Organizing trainings for evidence-based programs
- Conducting interviews and focus groups
- Conducting qualitative data analysis
- Developing surveys and collecting survey data
- Conducting quantitative data analysis on
- Survey data
- Statewide behavioral and mental health surveillance data
- Statewide CPWI administrative data
- Writing and designing evaluation reports
- Presenting evaluation findings at national and regional conferences
- Designing handouts for disseminating evaluation findings
If you are interested in working with or gaining research experience with us, please reach out to our IMPACT Lab Research Coordinator Clara Hill.
WSU Publications Related to CPWI
Note: * indicates student contributor
Under Review and In Progress
*Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., & Cooper, B. R. (under review). Effectiveness of the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative: A Statewide Strategic Planning Framework for Reducing Adolescent Alcohol Use. Submitted to Prevention Science.
*Jenkins, G. J., Cooper, B. R., *Funaiole, A., & Hill, L. G. (in progress). Developmentally sepcific recipes for achievement of coalition model fidelity: An exploration of necessity and sufficiency. Target Journal: American Journal of Community Psychology.
2017
Cooper, B. R., *Funaiole, A., & *Jenkins, G. J. (2017, September). CPWI Process Evaluation: A 2016-2017 Snapshot of the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Implementation in Washington State. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (Technical report).
WSU Presentations Related to CPWI
Note: * indicates student contributor
2022
Shrestha, G., Weybright, E., Cooper, B. R., *Newburg, J. (2022, March). Community-Level Change in Substances Use-Related Outcomes in Washington State Communities Implementing the Community Prevention & Wellness Initiative. Poster presentation for the Washington State University Academic Showcase, Pullman, WA.
2021
Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., Cooper, B. R., Pascoe, K. M., & Hill, C. M. (2021, March). Measuring community and school district readiness for prevention using publicly available secondary data: Findings from a Delphi study. Poster presentation for the Washington State University Academic Showcase, Pullman, WA.
Cooper, B. R., Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., Hill, C. M., & Pascoe, K. M. (2021, March). Repeated cross-sectional evaluation of Washington State’s Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative for adolescent substance use prevention. Poster presentation for the Washington State University Academic Showcase, Pullman, WA
2020
Shrestha, G., Cooper, B. R., Hill, L., Hill, C. M., & Pascoe, K. M. (2020, October). Illuminating lessons learned in a complex multi-site program evaluation using the RE-AIM framework. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR.
Shrestha, G., Hill, L., Pascoe, K. M., & Hill, C. M. (2020, October). Shedding light on community readiness: Helping evaluators target specific dimensions when measuring community readiness. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR.
Shrestha, G., Cooper, B. R., Hill, L. G., Hill, C. M., & Pascoe, K. M. (2020, October). Leveraging the Healthy Youth Survey to evaluate Washington State’s Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative. Poster presentation for the Annual Conference of the Washington State Public Health Association, Wenatchee, WA
Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., Cooper, B. R., Pascoe, K. M., & Hill, C. M. (2020, October). Measuring readiness for prevention and public health using publicly available secondary data: Findings from a Delphi study. Poster presentation for the Annual Conference of the Washington State Public Health Association, Wenatchee, WA.
2019
*Shrestha, G., Cooper, B. R., Hill, L. G., & *Jenkins, G. J. (2019). RE-AIM Evaluation of Washington State’s Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention. Poster presentation at Society for Prevention Research Conference.
*Jenkins, G. J., Cooper, B.R., & *Funaiole, A. (2019). Necessary and Sufficient Coalition Functioning Conditions For Model Fidelity Across Developmental Stages: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
*Shrestha, G. et al. (2018). Leveraging Administrative Data to Advance Prevention Science: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
2018
*Jenkins, G. J., *Funaiole, A., & Cooper, B. R. (2018). The role of coalition functioning, community involvement, and technical assistance in promoting effective coalition implementation across developmental stages:A mixed method study. Poster presentation at Society for Prevention Research Conference.
Cooper, B. R., *Jenkins, G. J., Hill, L. G., & Domlyn, A. (2018). Demonstrating the Value of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Evaluation Tool in Translational Research Contexts. Poster accepted for presentation at American Evaluation Association Conference.
*Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., Cooper, B.R., & *Funaiole, A. (2018). Evaluation of Washington State’s Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
Cooper, B. R. (2018). Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Outcome Evaluation. Presented at the Annual Washington State Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery Prevention Summit.
*Shrestha, G., Cooper, B. R., & Hill, L. G. (2018). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Statewide Community Coalitions-Based Model for Scaling Up Substance Use Prevention Programs. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research.
2017
*Shrestha, G., Hill, L. G., Cooper, B. R., & Funaiole, A. (2017). Evaluation of Washington State’s Community Prevention Wellness Initiative: Can a State-Wide Coalition Model Reduce Community-Level Youth Substance Use? Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
2016
*Shrestha, G. (2016). Leveraging Existing Data to Support Large-Scale Implementation and Evaluation of Substance Use Prevention Coalitions. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.