This presentation will describe the development and use of a community readiness survey that was administered before and after an obesity prevention initiative. The survey was designed to assess the community context and its readiness for making healthy eating and physical activity more accessible. This presentation will also begin to explore the relationship between a community's readiness to change, changes in community readiness during the project and the extent to which the community implemented strategies to make healthy eating and physical activity more accessible. Finally, the strengths major challenges of using the community readiness survey in will be discussed.#HealthEvaluation #EvaluationUse #2014Conference