Measuring Prevention

by David Lee on August 22, 2009

posted in: Prevention

Measuring Prevention:
A Web Conference Examining Strategies to Measure Effectiveness of Sexual Violence Prevention Program

Thursday, September 17, 2:00  - 3:30 pm Pacific Time

Host: David Lee, CALCASA

Presenter: Paul Schewe, Ph.D., Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence, University of Illinois at Chicago

In this web conference for California’s Rape Prevention and Education grantees, Paul Schewe will review strategies to measure primary prevention programs.  Strategies will include post-only methods, pre-post methods, and the use of control groups. Techniques explored will include use of satisfaction surveys, student self-reports, teacher ratings of student behavior, and archival data.

Objectives:

By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to

  • Identify how to use logic models to develop measurable objectives for prevention programs
  • Describe three strategies to evaluate sexual violence prevention programs
  • Describe three sources of data that can be used to evaluate prevention programs

Register: Click here to register.  This session is restricted to California Rape Prevention and Education grantees only.

There is no cost to attend this web conference.  Please contact David Lee with any questions (916.446-2520.)

Materials: A copy of the slides is available here.

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Author: David Lee (147 Articles)

David S. Lee, MPH, is the Director of Prevention Services at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) where he provides training and technical assistance on prevention. David manages the national project Prevention Connection, an online community of violence against women prevention practitioners, funders, researchers and activists. For over 27 years David has worked in efforts to end domestic violence and sexual assault.

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