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Innovation in HIV Prevention: Organizational and Intervention Characteristics Affecting Program Adoption
Author(s) -
Miller Robin Lin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1010426218639
Subject(s) - health psychology , public relations , organization development , knowledge management , business , psychology , organizational learning , organizational effectiveness , maturity (psychological) , public health , political science , nursing , medicine , computer science , developmental psychology
A multiple case study design was used to explore the organizational characteristics of community‐based organizations that provide HIV prevention programs and the criteria these organizations employ when judging the merits of externally‐developed HIV prevention programs. In‐depth interviews were conducted with organizational representatives of 38 randomly‐selected HIV prevention providers throughout Illinois. Results indicated that there were three main types of adopting organizations: adopters of entire programs, adopters of program components and practices, and adopters of common ideas. These three types of organizations were distinguished by their level of organizational commitment to HIV prevention, organizational resources, and level of organizational maturity. Narrative data from the interviews are used to describe the dimensions that underlie the organizations' program adoption criteria. The criteria of merit used by these organizations to evaluate prevention programs provide partial empirical support for existing theories of technology transfer. Implications for designing and disseminating HIV prevention programs are discussed.