Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Author: Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2012
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 141297741X

"Provides both an overall framework and concrete advice for how to conduct useful evaluations that actually get used." - preface.

Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention

Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention
Author: Zili Sloboda
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2003-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780306473425

This wide-ranging handbook brings together experts in the sociology of drug abuse prevention. Providing a comprehensive overview of the accumulated knowledge on prevention theory, intervention design, and development and prevention research methodology, this work also promotes prevention science as an evolving field in the practice and policy of drug abuse prevention.

DARE to Say No

DARE to Say No
Author: Max Felker-Kantor
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2024-02-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469676370

With its signature "DARE to keep kids off drugs" slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education program of the 1980s and 1990s. But behind the cultural phenomenon is the story of how DARE and other antidrug education programs brought the War on Drugs into schools and ensured that the velvet glove of antidrug education would be backed by the iron fist of rigorous policing and harsh sentencing. Max Felker-Kantor has assembled the first history of DARE, which began in Los Angeles in 1983 as a joint venture between the police department and the unified school district. By the mid-90s, it was taught in 75 percent of school districts across the United States. DARE received near-universal praise from parents, educators, police officers, and politicians and left an indelible stamp on many millennial memories. But the program had more nefarious ends, and Felker-Kantor complicates simplistic narratives of the War on Drugs. He shows how policing entered US schools and framed drug use as the result of personal responsibility, moral failure, and poor behavior deserving of punishment rather than something deeply rooted in state retrenchment, the abandonment of social service provisions, and structures of social and economic inequality.

Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems

Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems
Author: James D. Orcutt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2003-09-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0742577422

Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, a collection edited James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy, includes 14 clearly written articles that exemplify the best of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological, and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use, and related problems such as domestic violence, crime, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. A general introduction and five section introductions written especially for this volume highlight basic theoretical questions and analytical themes that run through the articles. In contrast to many books on problems of substance use, Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems devotes equal attention to drug- and alcohol-related issues. The volume is organized around important theoretical and research approaches to the sociology of social problems, making it suitable for adoption as a supplement in undergraduate courses on social problems as well as for more specialized undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of drug and alcohol studies.

Meta-analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs

Meta-analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
Author: William J. Bukoski
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1997
Genre:
ISBN: 0788172158

Illustrates the value of combining findings from specific high-quality primary research studies into a cohesive summary that better defines what the science of drug abuse prevention offers to guide future program decisionmaking. Presents a current overview of the efficacy of drug abuse prevention programs (DAPG) and related measurement systems. Defines the techniques employed in meta-analysis of DAPG. Provides guidance in the application of research findings from meta-analysis. Discusses key technical procedures that should be considered in conducting future meta-analysis of drug abuse prevention research.

A Cross Section of Educational Research

A Cross Section of Educational Research
Author: Lawrence S Lyne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351971840

• This collection of research articles emphasizes topics of interest to classroom teachers. • The 38 research articles illustrate: •survey research •quantitative content analysis •correlational research •true experimental research •quasi-experimental research •pre-experimental research •single-subject research/behavior analysis •causal-comparative research •program evaluation •qualitative research •combined qualitative/quantitative research •meta-analysis • The lines in each article are numbered sequentially, making it easy to refer to specific parts of the article during classroom discussions. • The availability of a single source of research articles is convenient and helps you avoid copyright infringement problems. • Factual Questions at the end of each article allow students to check their comprehension. • Questions for discussion stimulate classroom discussions of research methods. • After answering the questions, students rate the quality of each article using 13 basic criteria. More detailed criteria in the Appendix may also be applied. • Ideal for courses in which the primary goal is to learn how to evaluate research. • Twenty-one different journals are represented in the 38 articles in this collection. Students see the diversity of educational research since the journals vary in their standards for publication. • New to this edition: Thirteen new articles keep this popular research reader up-to-date.

Youths Serving Youths in Drug Education Programs

Youths Serving Youths in Drug Education Programs
Author: George R. Taylor
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781578860395

School systems throughout the country are seeking innovative strategies to prevent substance abuse among students. This text provides strategies that school districts can employ using youths.