Most ICAP publications are available online, and many have been translated in part or in full into several languages.

Annex B. Further Reading

Policy Tools  Toolkits  Evaluation Toolkit  Annex B. Further Reading

General Guides to Program Planning and Evaluation

 

Evaluation Trust. (n.d.). Introduction to evaluation methods and tools for the voluntary sector. Bristol: Author. Available: http://www.evaluationtrust.org/tools/introduction

Higgins, J. P. T., & Green, S. (2009, September).Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Version 5.0.2. Available: http://www.cochrane-handbook.org/

McNamara, C.  (2009). Field guide to nonprofit program design, marketing and evaluation. Minneapolis, MN: Authenticity Consulting. Available: http://www.authenticityconsulting.com/pubs/PG_gdes/PG_pubs.htm

Muraskin, L.D. (1993). Understanding evaluation: The way to better prevention programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Available: http://www2.ed.gov/PDFDocs/handbook.pdf

Saltz, R.F., & DeJong, W. (2002). Reducing alcohol problems on campus: A guide to planning and evaluation. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Available: http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/media/FINALHandbook.pdf

Taylor-Powell, E., Steele, S., & Douglah, M. (1996).Planning a program evaluation. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin.  

 

Interpreting Findings

 

Nadeau, J., &  Camp, S. (2006). Interpreting research studies. Guttmacher Institute “In Brief” Series, No. 2. Washington, DC: Guttmacher Institute. Available: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/07/27/IB_Interpreting.pdf

Martinic, M., & Leigh, B. (2004). Reasonable risk: Alcohol in perspective. New York: Brunner Routledge. Available: http://www.icap.org/Publications/ICAPBookSeries

 

Evidence of Effective Programs

 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service (SAMHSA). (n.d.). SAMHSA’s national registry of evidence-based programs and practices: http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/

 

 

Alcohol education programs (general)

 

Foxcroft, D., Ireland, D., Lowe, G., & Breen, R. (2002). Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 3. Available: http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003024.html

 

Alcohol education programs (social norms)

 

Moreira, M. T., Smith, L. A., & Foxcroft, D. (2009). Social norms interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in university or college students. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab006748.html

Programs against alcohol-impaired driving

Ditter, S. M., Elder, R. W., Shults, R. A., Sleet, D. A., Compton, R., Nichols, J. L., et al. (2005). Effectiveness of designated driver programs for reducing alcohol-impaired driving. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(5S), 280–287. Available: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mvoi/mvoi-AJPM-evrev-d-driver.pdf

Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). (2007). How to evaluate the programme. In GRSP, Drinking and driving: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (pp. 119–136). Geneva: GRSP. 

Shults, R. A., Elder, R. W., Sleet, D. A., Nichols, J. L., Alao, M. O., et al. (2001). Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(Suppl. 4), 66–88.

Programs for young people 

Clark, D. B., Gordon, A. J., Ettaro, L. R., Owens, J. M., & Moss, H. B. (2010). Screening and brief intervention for underage drinkers. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 85(4), 380–391. Available: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/85/4/380.abstract

European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD) (in press). Evaluation guidelines for education interventions to promote responsible drinking amongst young people in seven European countries. Brussels: EFRD.

Foxcroft, D., Ireland, D., Lowe, G., & Breen, R. (2002). Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 3. Available: http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003024.html

Hawkins, J., Oesterle, S., Brown, E. C., Monahan, K. C., Abbott, R. D., Arthur, M. W., et al. (2011). Sustained decreases in risk exposure and youth problem behaviors after installation of the Communities That Care prevention system in a randomized trial. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Published online October 3, 2011. Available: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/archpediatrics.2011.183

Jones, L., James, M., Jefferson, T., Lushey, C., Morleo, M., Stokes, E., et al. (2007, April). A review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions delivered in primary and secondary schools to prevent and/or reduce alcohol luse by young people under 18 years old. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11666/34522/34522.pdf

Moreira, M. T., Smith, L. A., & Foxcroft, D. (2009). Social norms interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in university or college students. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab006748.html

Spoth, R., Greenberg, M., & Turrisi, R. (2009). Overview of preventive interventions addressing underage drinking: State of the evidence and steps toward public health impact. Alcohol Research and Health, 32(1), 53–66. Available: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh321/53-66.htm

Saltz, R.F., & DeJong, W. (2002). Reducing alcohol problems on campus: A guide to planning and evaluation. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Available: http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/media/FINALHandbook.pdf

Responsible hospitality programs

Graham, K., Osgood, D. W., Zibrowski, E., Purcell, J., Gliksman, L., Leonard, K., et al. (2004). The effect of the Safer Bars programme on physical aggression in bars: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Drug and Alcohol Review, 23(1), 31–41. Available: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122412973/abstract

Ker, K., & Chinnock, P. (2008). Interventions in the alcohol server setting for preventing injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 3. Available: http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab005244.html

Screening and brief interventions

 Clark, D. B., Gordon, A. J., Ettaro, L. R., Owens, J. M., & Moss, H. B. (2010). Screening and brief intervention for underage drinkers. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 85(4), 380–391. Available: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/85/4/380.abstract

Kaner, E. F.S., Dickinson, H. O., Beyer, F. R., Campbell, F., Schlesinger, C., Heather, N., et al. (2007). Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Available:  http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004148.html  

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service (SAMHSA). (2008, April). Brief alcohol screening and intervention for college students (BASICS). In SAMHSA’s national registry of evidence-based programs and practices: http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=124

 

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