| Title | Description | Type | Year Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) |
This document presents SAMHSA’s SPF, a five-step planning process to guide the selection, implementation, and evaluation of culturally appropriate, and sustainable prevention activities. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2011 | |
| An Annotated Bibliography of Measurement Compendia: Reliable, Valid, and Standard Measures of Substance Abuse and Mental and Behavioral Health Indicators and Outcomes of Interest |
The bibliography is designed to support individuals providing technical assistance to states and local programs working to strengthen their substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Annual Native American Service to Science Academy Meets in DC |
Every year SAMHSA’s CAPT and NACE collaborate to offer the Native American STS Initiative to community-based prevention programs developed by and for Native Americans. |
T/TA Spotlight | 2011 | |
| CAPT Workshop Highlights Importance of Evaluating Training and Technical Assistance Approaches |
Few states have embarked on a systemic evaluation of the training and technical assistance (T/TA) they deliver to support local prevention efforts. This workshop offered state prevention... |
T/TA Spotlight | 2012 | |
| Community Tool Box |
The Community Tool Box website contains numerous tools and resources designed to help practitioners support community health and development. There are sections on leadership, strategic... |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Connecting to Culture Helps Young People Resist Substance Use |
During September’s National Prevention Network conference in Pittsburgh, PA, representatives from Service to Science will present a workshop that showcases four of these programs. |
Grantee Stories | 2012 | |
| Criteria for Analyzing Assessment Data |
This document offers criteria prevention practitioners can use to analyze their assessment data including magnitude, impact, changeability, concentrated occurrence, and consumption/consequence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| Data Collection Methods: Pros & Cons |
This chart presents a snapshot of the pros and cons of 13 different data collection methods. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Does it Pay to Invest in Training and Technical Assistance? |
Professor of Psychology Paul Florin presents findings from the evaluation of Rhode Island’s Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG). |
Video | 2012 | |
| Elements of a Good Data Report |
This document presents key elements of a good outcome evaluation report. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| 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 | |
| Examining Data: The Value of Comparisons |
This tip sheet explores the value of looking at comparison data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Finding Evidence-based Programs and Practices | NEW |
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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Introduction to Biostatistics |
This resource, developed at Loyola University Chicago, offers an overview of concepts including sampling and estimation, simulation, error analysis, and precision versus confidence. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Managing an Evaluator |
This publication outlines strategies prevention practitioners can use to monitor and assess their evaluator’s work. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| Minimizing Evaluation Costs |
This resource offer tips for minimizing evaluation costs. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 | |
| National Prevention Data Sources and Databases |
This document provides an overview of national (and in some cases state and local) prevention data sources and databases containing consequence and consumption data. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2010 | |
| National Sources of Existing Data |
Sources contained in this resource are described according to scope, time frame, population, and topics addressed. |
Training and Technical Assistance Tools | 2012 |
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