Design of the evaluation system for the “Responsible Service” programme.
Year:
2019-2020
Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas. Convocatoria Presupuestos Generales del Estado (PGE), Resolución de 20 de mayo de 2019.
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Main objective:
To design a quality evaluation system for the national Responsible Service programme.
Summary:
The “Design of the Evaluation System for the Responsible Service Programme” represents an evaluation system for the Responsible Service Programme. A programme whose main objective is to involve professionals in the hospitality sector in the prevention and reduction of problems related to the consumption of alcohol and other drugs.
Quality evaluation is the only valid, reliable and scientific strategy that allows us to know the effectiveness, efficacy and efficiency of prevention programmes. The design of an evaluation system adapted to the needs of the national “Responsible Service” programme has enabled us to identify the keys to improving its preventive quality. The design and presentation of the application recommendations facilitated a roadmap focused on evaluating, on the one hand, its effectiveness: what effect it produces and whether it is the expected one, its efficiency: what costs it generates compared to what benefits, and its efficiency: whether it can be said that it is a purely preventive programme against harm related to alcohol and other drugs in festive contexts. The methodology used was based on two pillars: on the one hand, the analysis of bibliographical material of a different nature: that produced in recent years by the Responsible Service programme, scientific articles, evaluation reports and results of comparable projects, prevention guides and training websites. On the other hand, the analysis of the programmes that have accredited the effectiveness of prevention (STAD in Europe, Youth in Europe, etc.). The second strand consisted of interviews with key informants. Due to their experience and privileged position, they offered us very valuable information for the design of the evaluation system of the “Responsible Service” programme.
Keywords:
Programme evaluation, harm reduction, gender, nightlife, environmental prevention, evidence, effectiveness, environmental prevention.
