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Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation Theory<\/h2>\n

For the purposes of the Policy Readiness Tool, Rogers\u2019 five adopter categories were collapsed into three. This was done to ease applicability in the field and to help ensure that the Policy Readiness Tool is straightforward to use, easy to implement, and that users can apply it to a variety of policy situations.<\/p>\n

Rogers\u2019 original five adopter categories include: (1) Innovators, (2) early adopters, (3) early Majority, (4) late Majority, and (5) laggards. (Table 1 provides a detailed description of these adopter categories.) Whether a community or organization is an early adopter versus a Late Adopter can be determined by examining the rate of adoption of policies over time, which tends to follow an S-shaped diffusion curve (see Figure 1).<\/p>\n

\"Table1-CharcteristicsofAdopters\"<\/p>\n

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What Level of Readiness is Your Community?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Levels of Readiness<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Download Your Copy<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u2022 Policy Readiness Tool (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Encouraging Policy Change (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Infographic (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n

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