[Prevention] FW: The Value of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Prevention Programs

[Rogers, Anne]

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of Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Prevention Programs


Is Implementation Fidelity Critical for the Success of Drug Prevention
Programs?
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Evidence-based drug prevention programs in schools are not always
delivered to students as they were designed and evaluated by
researchers. In this RWJF-funded report, authors observe a substance
abuse prevention program to examine the relationship between the
program's adherence to a developer's original curriculum
intentions-implementation fidelity-and program outcomes

Take Charge of Your Life is a drug prevention program delivered by Drug
Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) officer instructors to students in
the seventh and ninth grades. Researchers examined D.A.R.E. instructors'
coverage of prescribed content and their adherence to appropriate
instructional strategy over a five-year period. Their findings,
published in the journal Health Education Research, demonstrate that a
relationship did indeed exist between implementation fidelity and the
acquisition of desired skills by students, though results were sometimes
mixed.

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