Effective? Relevant? (Conceptual Fit) Appropriate? (Practical Fit) A strategy can be considered To assess conceptual fit of a Ask yourself the following questions to evidence-based if it fulfills one of strategy, consider whether it help determine practical fit: the following three conditions: clearly fits with your logic model Is the strategy feasible? (Does the Inclusion in Federal registries of by asking the following questions: community have the resources needed evidence-based interventions; Does it address the problem? for the strategy?) Reported (with positive effects Does it address the conditions Is there synergism? (Does the on the primary targeted associated with the problem? intervention add to or reinforce other outcome) in peer-reviewed Does it target a relevant prevention strategies or efforts?) journals; or population and/or context (e.g., Is the community ready? (Will Documented effectiveness youth, parents, retailers, law stakeholders and the community supported by other sources of enforcement, etc.)? support the strategy?) information and the consensus Is the intervention culturally relevant? judgment of informed experts (Will the focus population be impacted by the strategy and will they be receptive to it? Are people who will be impacted by the strategy involved in the planning?) For more information on identifying strategies, review: “best fit” PFS The North Dakota PFS project staff developed the PFS Pre-Approved Strategy Menu, identifying strategies that are evidence-based (Effective?) and linking those strategies to intervening variables and related local conditions (Relevant?). If you choose to select a strategy that is not on this Pre-Approved Strategy Menu, you need to submit a request by completing the following form found in Appendix for Evidence-Based and B: “Request Strategy” submitting to . YOUR PFS PFS 2020. PFS Local Condition to High or Low Evidence-Based Strategy (s) Why (discuss practical fit) Address Changeability The strategies you identified in Table 7.1 represent a set of strategies which address the local conditions (and related intervening variables) you prioritized as in your Community Assessment “high importance”
Effective? Relevant? (Conceptual Fit) Appropriate? (Practical Fit) A strategy can be considered evidence-based if it fulfills one of the following three conditions: Inclusion in Federal registries of evidence-based interventions; Reported (with positive effects on the primary targeted outcome) in peer-reviewed journals; or Documented effectiveness supported by other sources of information and the consensus judgment of informed experts To assess conceptual fit of a strategy, consider whether it clearly fits with your logic model by asking the following questions: Does it address the problem? Does it address the conditions associated with the problem? Does it target a relevant population and/or context (e.g., youth, parents, retailers, law enforcement, etc.)? Ask yourself the following questions to help determine practical fit: Is the strategy feasible? (Does the community have the resources needed for the strategy?) Is there synergism? (Does the intervention add to or reinforce other prevention strategies or efforts?) Is the community ready? (Will stakeholders and the community support the strategy?) Is the intervention culturally relevant? (Will the focus population be impacted by the strategy and will they be receptive to it? Are people who will be impacted by the strategy involved in the planning?) For more information on identifying “best fit” strategies, review: PFS The North Dakota PFS project staff developed the PFS Pre-Approved Strategy Menu, identifying strategies that are evidence-based (Effective?) and linking those strategies to intervening variables and related local conditions (Relevant?). If you choose to select a strategy that is not on this Pre-Approved Strategy Menu, you need to submit a request by completing the following form found in Appendix B: “Request for Evidence-Based Strategy” and submitting to . PFS PFS 2020. PFS Local Condition to Address High or Low Changeability Evidence-Based Strategy (s) Why (discuss practical fit) The strategies you identified in Table 7.1 represent a set of strategies which address the local conditions (and related intervening variables) you prioritized as “high importance” in your Community Assessment YOUR
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