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Diffusion of Innovations Theory

People, organizations, or societies adopt new ideas or behaviors at different rates, and the rate of adoption is affected by some predictable factors.

Reference: US Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2002, Appendix 3, pg. 43

Organizational Change Theory

Certain processes and strategies might increase the chances that healthy policies and programs will be adopted and maintained in formal organizations.

Reference: US Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2002, Appendix 3, pg. 43

Social disorganization is defined as an inability of community members to achieve shared values or to solve jointly experienced problems (Bursik, 1988). In recent decades, the themes of social disorganization theory have been more clearly … Read more

Reference: Social Disorganization and Rural Communities -- Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence. (n.d.)

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Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Organizational Change Theory

Social Disorganization Theory