CONTENTS

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. Evaluation and the Program Planning Process
2. Data Analysis, or "What Do You Mean by That?"
3. Special Challenges in Evaluating Prevention Programs

Supplements
Resources

Evaluation for the Unevaluated:
Program Evaluation 102

"In God We Trust-All others must bring data."
-Robert Hayden, Plymouth State College

Substance abuse prevention programs offer some unique challenges to the evaluator. In essence, your evaluation is designed to verify that your program caused something NOT to happen, rather than to verify that something did happen. This module introduces the types of challenges associated with prevention programs and how to manage them in your evaluation design.

Objectives

In this module you will:

1. Learn how prevention program evaluation differs from other evaluations
2. Learn about the special challenges of evaluating prevention programs