The CA SPF SIG Toolkit is comprised of three key areas.
Logic Models
Community prevention presents a number of predictable hurdles, including widespread ambivalence regarding underage drinking, an assumption that prevention should only focus on “problem” drinkers, low perceived efficacy of environmental prevention strategies, and common logistical and bureaucratic barriers to collaboration across agencies and organizations. Emphasis on the logic models and work plans is meant to overcome or at least minimize these expected hazards to implementation..
Management Plan
The “action plan” is a summary of “what to do.” For California’s SPF SIG, there was a general assumption that local organizations and agencies in each community would best know “how to do it.” Still, the researchers felt that some suggestions could be made about managing the implementation, so those are presented here as well.
Supporting Documents
This toolkit includes materials developed by several communities in support of the SPF SIG interventions. They are provided not only to give a better idea of how the communities addressed the problem, but also to be available to any others who might wish to use these with or without modification.
An Overview of the SPF SIG Toolkit
The SPF is a five-step prevention planning model that includes assessment, capacity building, planning, implementation, and evaluation, joined by attention to cultural competence and sustainability.