To help prevention professionals SAMSHA's Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP) created NREP. NREP
is a resource to review and identify research-based programs that will produce
positive results by reducing risk factors, increasing protective factors and
reducing substance abuse. Although a majority of programs reviewed are family
and school focused there is an increasing number of environmental programs
now being considered.
Programs based on a set of strategies proven effective through
rigorous evaluation will produce positive results. Finding the best program
for your community includes completing a thorough needs assessment, analyzing
the data and selecting goals and objectives
NREP Rating Criteria
- 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
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