Effect and Process Evaluation of a Norwegian Community Prevention Project Targeting Alcohol Use and Related Harm

Bibliographic Data

ID11057228
AuthorsIngeborg Rossow (0000-0001-8652-9367, corresponding author), Elisabet E Storvoll, Bergljot Baklien, Hilde Pape (0000-0002-6794-3172)
Year2011
Volume38
Issue3
Pages441-466
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Drug Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-4509 • E-ISSN: 2163-1808
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/009145091103800306
OpenAlexW2043974254
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

Based on a combination of effect and process evaluation, we aimed to (a) assess whether a community prevention project succeeded in curbing alcohol use and related harm among adolescents and (b) explain the results of the effect evaluation. School surveys among adolescents (n = 20,000) and purchase trials (n = 162) were carried out in intervention and control communities before and after the intervention. Qualitative data from key actors and documents were collected throughout the 3-year project period. The effect evaluation revealed no impact of the intervention on the availability of alcohol, drinking, and alcohol-related harm. The process evaluation showed how and why the prevention project was delayed, that the preventive programs implemented were not likely to be effective, and why these programs were chosen. The latter was essential to explain the finding of the effect evaluation and illustrates the utility and necessity of mixed-method approaches when evaluating a complex intervention

Environmental health · Harm · Intervention (counseling) · Norwegian · Political science · Process (computing) · Program evaluation · Psychiatry · Applied Psychology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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