Free Resource for Evaluating Drug Prevention and Treatment Interventions

The Evaluation Instruments Bank (EIB) is an online database of freely available resources for evaluating drug prevention and treatment programmes and initiatives. You can search the archive by type of intervention (treatment or prevention), by type of evaluation (needs and planning, mediating and risk factors, process and outcome), by target group (children, adolescents, adults, special groups and settings) or by specific topics.

What is 'evaluation' in the context of drug-related interventions?

Evaluation refers to any form of assessment or measurement carried out before the intervention begins, while it is taking place, or after its completion. There are a variety of aspects which can actually be evaluated and a range of different tools to use. The evaluation of interventions is ideally set up when they are being planned and is always an integral part of a well-designed intervention.

What aspects of an intervention can be evaluated?

• Needs assessment and planning
• Mediating and risk factors
• Process
• Outcome
• Satisfaction

What is an evaluation instrument?

An evaluation instrument is typically a questionnaire, an interview script, or a set of observation guidelines, used to evaluate one or more aspects of an intervention in the drugs field. 

Click on this link to start your search for valuable evaluation tools.