2. It is an efficient, inexpensive, and easy-to-use tool. It doesn’t take professional expertise to administer or score, it’s free, and it works.
3. It promotes community recognition and ownership of the issue. Because it can be used by community members, and because it recognizes the needs and assumptions of the community, the model makes it easier for community members to see the issue and understand its effects.
4. Because of strong community ownership, it helps to assure that strategies are culturally congruent and sustainable.