BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION ANGELA MARIA PARRA BASTIDAS MASTERS IN DRUG ADDICTION

Do you mean to say that this set of programs can really be adjusted to the needs we have in this field? Do these programs have the effects their implementers are seeking? Are they truly preventive? ¿Do they have adequate methodological rigor? Are we, the researchers, in agreement about the most basic prevention questions (populations, objectives, methodology, etc.)? BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGIC MODEL APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION

Is program evaluation as important in the prevention process? Should we promote unification of programs? ¿Does prevention really have a future or are we living in a utopia? Where are we going and how do we want to get there? BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGIC MODEL APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION

Define the problem Establish objectives Define the target population Design strategies Propose the development of the intervention Establish results and criteria for evaluation. EXPERIMENTAL OR QUASI- EXPERIMENTAL PREVENTION DESIGN

AREAS OF FOCUS THE OBJECT OF DRUG PREVENTION: To suppress norms of use. To seek zero use. To postpone the age of first use. To postpone the age of first-use of gateway drugs. To exercise control over personal and social risk factors. To exercise control over use starting in early childhood.

AREAS OF FOCUS FOR DRUG PREVENTION Without experimental evidence but that are the object of a prevention study To begin with an understanding of the social roles that substance use plays in the culture. To change the family lifestyle towards one of “zero use” BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGIC MODEL APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION

SOME BASIC ELEMENTS OF DRUG PREVENTION Punctual actions The nature of timing in programs Policies supporting prevention activities Target Population BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGIC MODEL APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION

SELECTING THE TARGET POPULATION (Selection Process) Goal for Prevention Design (promotion, maintenance and/or modification of lifestyles, in the audience to whom the intervention is directed) Risk factors: (multi-causal). Factures of an individual, family, and brief academic nature. Levels of Drug Use: (essential indicator for designing prevention programs) “Legal Drugs”, Illegal Drugs”. BASIC ELEMENTS OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE LOGIC MODEL APPROACH FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION

Research Designing, creating and validating educational materials Diffusion and Communication Teacher training

Logical Framework Approach It is an outcomes-based tool to help conceptualize, design, execute and evaluate projects. It is useful to give structure to the planning process for projects and to communicate essential information about the project to those involved to be able to read in an efficient manner.

Logical Framework Approach Clarify the purpose and justification of the project. Identify the information needed. Clearly define the basic key elements of the project. Analyze the setting of the project from its beginning. Facilitate communication between the stakeholders involved. Identify how to measure the success or failure of the project. AYUDA A....

Logical Framework Approach StagesMoments Analysis Stage 1.Analysis by those participating in the program (participants). 2.Analysis of Problems 3.Analysis of Goals 4.Analysis of Alternatives- Strategy Selection Stage of creating the planning matrix for the project MPP 1.Creating the planning matrix 2. Vertical Logic: General Goal, Specific Goals, results y activities 3. Horizontal Logic: Indicators, sources, and external factors.

Fases Enfoque Marco Lógico Herramientas Problem Identification Analysis by program participants Analysis of problems, goals, and possible strategy alternatives Project Design.Planning Matrix Program of Activities Resource Plan Analysis of viability and factors Composing the Project Document Carrying out the Project Follow-up and Evaluation

Logical Framework Approach I. IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT Step One: Participant analysis. Step Two: Problem analysis. Step Three: Goal analysis. Step Four: Analysis of options. II. PROJECT DESIGN Step Five: Identifying the principal elements of the project. Step Six: External factors Step Seven: Indicators MEFOQUE DE

Where are we going and how do we want to get there?