WYOMINGS STATE AND COMMUNITY LEVEL SPF SIG EVALUATION

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WYOMINGS STATE AND COMMUNITY LEVEL SPF SIG
EVALUATION

• Rodney A. Wambeam, Ph.D.
• Wyoming Survey Analysis Center

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WYOMING IN CONTEXT
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• Welcome to the frontier!
• Stop lights, we dont need no stinking stop
  lights
• What is an escalator?
• 2 billion surpluses

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SELECTED LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR SIG EVALUATION

• It is difficult to gauge improvement at the
  individual level for universal programs
• Most individual level change is seen for
  participants who are older or at high risk
• Given enough resources, communities can build the
  necessary infrastructure to implement
  evidence-based prevention strategies and make a
  difference at the local level in a relatively
  short amount of time

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WYOMINGS SPF SIG

• Targets the misuse of alcohol
• Underage drinking adult binge drinking
• Alcohol-related crime
• Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes
• Alcohol dependence abuse
• 24 grantee communities
• 23 counties 1 reservation
• Equity model
• A single evaluator

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WYOMINGS STATE AND COMMUNITY LEVEL SPF SIG
EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
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DEFINING MOMENT OF THE SPF SIG EVALUATION

• Community Level Unit of Analysis

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COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL ARE POSSIBLY THE SAME
THING
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS (CONTINUED)
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS (CONTINUED)
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS (CONTINUED)
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS (CONTINUED)
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS INDICATORS (CONTINUED)
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DO WE DO ANY SCIENCE IN WYOMING?

• State Level
• Comparison states based upon similar baseline
  outcomes, demographics, geographic proximity

• Community Level
• Dependent variables are outcomes (for example,
  30-day use of alcohol)
• Independent variables are fidelity scores

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LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR

• It has been nearly three years, when do we get to
  evaluate something?
• Borrow and learn as much as possible from the
  cross-site evaluators and other states
• What we are really evaluating is the Strategic
  Prevention Framework
• Thank goodness we are in Cohort I

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CONTACT INFORMATIONRODNEY A. WAMBEAM,
PH.D.SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTMANAGER CENTER
FOR JUSTICE RESEARCHWYOMING SURVEY ANALYSIS
CENTERUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING(307) 760-8928

• rodney_at_uwyo.edu