A multidisciplinary group of strategic planners
assisted community programs throughout the planning
and implementation phases. These planners adopted
novel approaches that valued capacity building, active
learning, diverse contexts, and community plan ownership
and expertise.12 Given that no one theory will fit all
contexts, several theoretic frameworks were applied in
the development and design of the strategic planning
component.13-15 The selective inclusion of tobacco control
best practices within the disseminated materials and
training limited the amount of research knowledge
needed for practice application. Incorporation of
community-developed work plans, linkage to peers
experienced in implementation, and formulation of
multiple “how-to” scenarios based upon the program’s
understanding of community dynamics allowed for
application and adaptation of research knowledge that
fit community values, preferences, and structures