Colleges and Universities

Resources and Research for "Strategic Planning"

  • A psychometric investigation of the suicide opinion questionnaire

    Anderson, A. L., Lester, D., & Rogers, J. R. (2008). A psychometric investigation of the suicide opinion questionnaire. Death Studies, 32(10), 924-936.

  • Annual Report 2007: Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success

    The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Annual Report 2007: Experiences That Matter: Enhancing Student Learning and Success.

  • Building collaborative capacity in community coalitions: A review and integrative framework

    Foster-Fishman, P.G., Berkowitz, S.L., Lounsbury, D.W., Jacobson, S., & Allen, N.A. (2001). Building collaborative capacity in community coalitions: A review and integrative framework. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29(2), 241-261.

  • CampusMHAP Webinar II: Identifying Priorities

    The second webinar in the Campus Mental Health Action Planning series describes how to develop a clear and specific definition of campus problems that will help drive program planning. This session focuses on
examining data relating to student mental health and wellness; prioritizing problems and choosing which to address; and setting goals for health behavior and systems change.

  • CampusMHAP Webinar III: Developing Programs

    The third Campus Mental Health Action Planning webinar focuses on selecting and developing campus practices that are most likely to decrease mental health problems, suicidal behavior, and suicide and promote mental health and wellness. Topics covered include how to: develop a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach; choose “best practices”; and use a logic model in program planning.

  • CampusMHAP Webinar IV: Measuring Impact

    The fourth Campus Mental Health Action Planning webinar provides a basic orientation to the design and implementation of process and outcome evaluations for programs that promote mental health and reduce risk factors for suicide and suicidal behavior. This session covers key methods of quantitative and qualitative program evaluation; experiences of one campus in planning an evaluation of a widely-used training program; and how to work with your program evaluator in developing an appropriate evaluation plan.

  • Community interventions and effective prevention

    Wandersman, A. & Florin, P. (2003). Community interventions and effective prevention. American Psychologist, 58(6-7), 441-448.

  • Community readiness: Research to practice

    Edwards, R.W., Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B.A., Oetting, E.R., & Swanson, L. (2000). Community readiness: Research to practice. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(3), 291-307.

  • Experiences in Effective Prevention: The U.S. Department of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Grants

    This publication reviews and synthesizes information gained from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools’ model programs to identify the characteristics that are common to model programs that can be adapted for other campuses. Lessons are applicable to the prevention of any health problem on campus. Campus collaborations, including task forces and coalitions, are addressed on pages 35-44 and 65-68.

  • Getting to Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

    Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual’s ten-step process enhances practitioners’ prevention skills while empowering them to plan, implement, and evaluate programs.


This section supports Objective 4.3 of the NSSP: Increase the proportion of colleges and universities with evidence-based programs designed to address serious young adult distress and prevent suicide.