Prevention Program Development and Evaluation

An Incidence Reduction, Culturally Relevant Approach

Robert K. Conyne

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781412966801, 9781412966795
• eBook ISBN: 9781506319353
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

The use of seatbelts, the requirements for smoke detectors, and other kinds of public health interventions have been highly successful in reducing disability, injuries, and premature mortality. Prevention in mental health— identifying and treating mental illnesses before they become full blown syndromes or identifying people at risk for a condition—is just as critical to public mental health. This research-based resource gives practitioners a nuts-and-bolts guide to designing and evaluating prevention programs in mental health that are culturally relevant and aimed at reducing the number of new problems that occur.

Key Features

• Employs a 10-step prevention program development and evaluation model that emphasizes the concepts of community, collaboration, and cultural relevance
• Offers a brief, practical, how-to approach that is based on rigorous research
• Identifies specific prevention program development and evaluation steps
• Highlights examples of "everyday prevention" practices as well as concrete prevention programs that have proven, effective implementation
• Promotes hands-on learning with practical exercises, instructive figures, and a comprehensive reference list

Intended Audience
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Prevention Program Development and Evaluation can be used as a core text in undergraduate courses devoted to prevention or in graduate programs aimed at practice issues. Current practitioners or policymakers interested in designing prevention programs will find this book to be an affable guide.

 

 

 

 

Appendix B

Laying the Groundwork (Steps 1–8) for Community, Collaboration, and Cultural Relevance

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STEP 1: Establish and maintain a team

STEP 2: Identify a potential community issue

STEP 3: Explore related professional literature

STEP 4: Develop a germinal, motivating idea

STEP 5: Engage stakeholder planning council

STEP 6: Create a shared vision and mission

STEP 7: Stimulate community readiness

STEP 8: Assess

a.	Conduct local ecological assessment
b.	Search for evidence-based programs

 

 

 

 

Appendix C

Implement and Evaluate (Steps 9–10)

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STEP 9: Design the prevention program plan

STEP 10: Design the prevention program evaluation plan

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Appendix D

PPD&E Step 9: Design the Prevention Program Plan

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a.	Determine problem in general terms
b.	Use adapted incidence reduction formula
c.	Set objectives
d.	Choose among alternative strategies
e.	Plan implementation

•	Objective
•	Strategies
•	Activities
•	Tasks
•	Resources
•	Timelines

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Appendix E

PPD&E Step 10

Design the Prevention Program Evaluation Plan

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a. Process/formative evaluation

 

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Key prevention processes:

•	Context considered
•	Community orientation
•	Cultural relevance/fit
•	Collaboration/partnerships
•	Fidelity
•	Guided adaptability
•	Evidence based

 

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b. Outcome/summative evaluation

 

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Key prevention questions:

•	Were new cases eliminated or diminished?
•	Were deficits reduced?
•	Was the environment improved?
•	Were strengths and natural supports increased?

Key prevention criteria:

•	Adequacy, appropriateness
•	Effectiveness, efficiency
•	Side effects, sustainability
•	Transferability, dissemination
•	Usefulness and general contribution

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Appendix F

Basic Incidence Reduction Formulae

A. Original Albee Incidence Reduction Formula

Decrease:	(Organic Factors + Stress + Exploitation)
Increase:	(Self-Esteem + Coping Skills + Support Groups)

B. Adapted Incidence Reduction Formula: GENERAL Version

Decrease:

DEFICITS Environmental Risks...

Table of contents

• Cover page
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Tables, Figures, and Learning Exercises
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• SECTION I: PREVENTION FOUNDATION
• SECTION II: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION
• SECTION III: TEN-STEP PREVENTION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION APPROACH
• Appendix A. Ten-Step PPD&E Model
• Appendix B. Laying the Groundwork (Steps 1–8) for Community, Collaboration, and Cultural Relevance
• Appendix C. Implement and Evaluate (Steps 9–10)
• Appendix D. PPD&E Step 9: Design the Prevention Program Plan
• Appendix E. PPD&E Step 10: Design the Prevention Program Evaluation Plan
• Appendix F. Basic Incidence Reduction Formulae
• Appendix G. PPD&E Step 9b: Identify the Problem
• Appendix H. Useful Web Sites
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• About the Author