| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Strategies Online Course | This training is designed to help law enforcement and other prevention practitioners use environmental prevention strategies to address alcohol and other drug problems. | Online Course | 2011 | |
| Environmental Strategies Selection Guide |
This document contains information SPF-SIG State and community grantees can use to select and implement environmental strategies to prevent and reduce substance use and related health problems. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Epidemiological Workgroup Technical Assistance Toolkit |
This toolkit contains tools and materials designed to support the work of State Epidemiological Workgroups. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| Evaluation for the Unevaluated: Program Evaluation 101 | NEW |
Perhaps the biggest question asked about the thousands of prevention programs out there is, "Does it work?" This tutorial is offered through the Prevention Management Reporting and Training System... |
Online Course | 2013 |
| Evaluation for the Unevaluated: Program Evaluation 102 | NEW |
This tutorial, offered through the Prevention Management Reporting and Training System, introduces statistical concepts and explains how evaluation results are used. |
Online Course | 2013 |
| Evaluation Organizations |
This document includes an annotated list of organizations on evaluation. Many of these provide training and technical assistance. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Evaluation Tools and Resources |
The sites included in this document provide tools, aides, tip sheets and other resources to support with the planning and management, implementation and analysis of data and evaluations. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Evidence-based Prevention: The New York State of Mind |
Barry Donovan, of New York’s Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, describes steps OASAS has taken to ensure that its funded providers implement evidence-based programming. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Examining Data: The Value of Comparisons |
This tip sheet explores the value of looking at comparison data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Factors that Contribute to Capacity Building and Sustainability |
This document presents a model practitioners can use to build the organizational infrastructure necessary to sustain effective prevention policies, systems, and programs. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Feasibility Toolkit |
This toolkit is designed to help practitioners assess fit between the specific implementation requirements of an EBI and population needs, organizational capacity, and community conditions. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Financial Sustainability: Tips from the Field |
This document offers general tips for ensuring the financial sustainability of a prevention program. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Finding Data on Risk Factors for Underage Drinking |
This table presents some risk factors for underage drinking and where to go to find related data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Finding Evidence-based Programs and Practices |
This document includes links to federal registries and resources for evidence-based prevention and intervention programs (including environmental strategies) related to public health topics such... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 | |
| Finding Health Data on LGBTQ Populations |
This webinar, offered by the CAPT’s Southeast Resource Team, identifies specific data gathering techniques as well as case examples. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| Five Strategies for Better Webinars |
This document offers the do's and dont's of five key strategies to hosting successful webinars. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| General Data Portals |
This resource includes an annotated list of websites that provide access to, or guidelines for how to access, a wide range of public health data for multiple geographic areas. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| General Evaluation Portals |
This document offers an annotated list of general portals related to evaluation. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Good TA: Going the Extra Mile |
Senior Behavioral Scientist Matthew Chinman of the Rand Corporation presents some important elements of effective technical assistance. |
Video | 2012 | |
| Guidelines for Determining if a Prevention Program, Policy, or Strategy is Evidence-Based |
This document presents SAMHSA's guidelines for determining if a prevention program, policy, or strategy is evidence-based. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Health System Measurement Project Tool |
This web-based tool tracks government data on critical U.S. health system indicators. The website presents national trend data as well as detailed views broken out by population characteristics... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Hiring an Evaluator |
This document provides advice on how to locate and hire an evaluator, whether the project is going to hire and put the evaluator on staff or contract out for evaluation services. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Identifying and Selecting Evidence-Based Interventions |
This document can help State and community planners identify and select evidence-based interventions that address local needs and reduce substance abuse problems. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Implementation Science: Current Research |
This document includes a collection of key research articles, issue briefs, and monographs that address the topic of implementation science. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2013 | |
| Implementing Policy Change: The Role of Enforcement |
If laws and regulations are going to deter people and businesses from illegal behaviors, they must be accompanied by significant penalties, and they must be enforced. In this video, Jessica... |
Video | 2012 |
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