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- Theory: the degree at which
programs reflect clear principles about substance abuse behavior
and how it can be changed.
- Intervention Fidelity:
how the program ensures consistent delivery.
- Process Evaluation: whether
the program implementation was measured.
- Sampling Strategy and Implementation:
how well the program selected its participants and how well they
received it.
- Attrition: whether the program
retained participants during evaluation.
- Outcome Measures: the relevance
and quality of evaluation measures.
- Missing Data: how developers
addressed incomplete measurements.
- Data Collection: the manner
in which data were gathered.
- Analysis: the appropriateness
and technical adequacy of data analyses.
- Other Plausible Threats to Validity:
the degree to which the evaluation considers other explanations
for program effects.
- Replications: number of
times the program has been used in the field.
- Dissemination Capability:
whether program materials are ready for implementation by others
in the field.
- Cultural/ Age Appropriateness:
the degree to which the program addresses different ethnic-racial
and age groups.
- Integrity: overall level
of confidence of the scientific rigor of the evaluation.
- Utility: overall pattern
of program findings to inform prevention theory and practice.
see also:
[Scoring
a Model Program]
[Selecting
a Model Program]
[Core
Components of a Model Program]
[Matrix
of Available Model Programs]
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