Module 2:
Participant Materials
Comprehensive Strategies

Major Sections

Increase Knowledge/ Awareness	Building Skills	Increasing Healthy Alternatives	Increasing Access to Prev. Services/Early Ident./Referral	Changing Organizational Policies	Changing Enforcement of Laws & Regulatory Attn.	Building Capacity of Coalition	Building Capacity of Community
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Who is it directed toward, i.e., students, school committee, vendors?

Who is "doing" the program, the trainers, the host agency, the business community?

Is the content/practice appropriate for your needs?

Is the content appropriate in terms of age, gender, culture?

Is the effect, the one you wish?

Does the setting matter, i.e., rural, urban, suburban?

School, church, business, community at large?

Are interventions/strategies focused on the individual, the environment, or some combination of both?

Will you be satisfied with the same amount of change?

How much of the intervention was done?

How long was the intervention?

Is it on-going?

Was it institutionalized? (Did it find a permanent home in the community?)

An external evaluation (conducted by a neutral person, not associated with the program) shows positive results in the same areas which you are trying to change.

An internal evaluation (carried out by someone associated with the program) shows positive results in the same areas which you are trying to change.

The program or practice has been rated by researchers in the prevention field as promising (not yet proven effective, but indicating good early results). This refers to researchers who are studying the effectiveness of a program or practice and whose early findings, still too preliminary to be definite, look promising.

The program or practice has received recognition as a promising program in a national prevention journal or newsletter. Criteria for highlighting or recognizing a program should be made known to the readers, or available upon request.

The program or practice has been the recipient of a state, regional, or national award. Criteria for selection should be made known to the readers, or available upon request.

The program or practice has been replicated in settings other than that of the developing institution or agency. (The more varied the replication, the more likely it is that the program itself, and not the specific setting in which it was developed, is the important factor in its success.)

The program has been in operation for 5 or more years. (While duration is not a guarantee of quality, generally service providers do not fight for and fund programs that they do not believe in. Although good programs can be dropped and bad programs can be continued, generally duration is some measure of success.)