DOI: 10.3886/icpsr28921.v2
title: Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) National Cross-Site Evaluation [Restricted Use]
title: Version 2

description: The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) National Cross-Site Evaluation was conducted to evaluate the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)'s SPF SIG initiative, which sought to: (1) prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage drinking; (2) reduce substance abuse-related problems in communities; and (3) build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state and community levels. This cross-site evaluation included the 21 states and territories CSAP funded in FY2004 (Cohort 1) and an additional 5 States funded in Cohort 2 in FY2005 that were funded for up to 5 years to implement the SPF. The SPF is a five-step prevention planning model that requires states to: (1) conduct a statewide needs assessment, including the establishment of a State Epidemiological and Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW); (2) mobilize and build state and community capacity to address needs; (3) develop a statewide strategic plan for prevention; (4) implement evidence-based prevention, policies, and practices (EBPPP) to meet state and community needs; and (5) monitor and evaluate the implementation of their SPF SIG project. Under contract to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with funding provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Westat, in collaboration with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) and The MayaTech Corporation, implemented a multilevel, multi-method quasi-experimental design to evaluate SPF SIG's impact. The scope of the evaluation encompassed national, state, and community levels. The design included comparison conditions at both the state and community levels. These data represent Phase I of the restricted use data release and contains extensive data on state-level implementation, community-level implementation, and state-level infrastructure, as well as other reference elements. A subsequent release (Phase II) will include state- and community-level outcomes, as well as data on community-level implementation, community-level implementation fidelity, state-level sustainability, and mediating variables.
description: The cross-site evaluation team implemented a multilevel, multi-method quasi-experimental design. The scope of the evaluation encompasses national, state, and community levels. The design included comparison conditions at both the state- and community-levels.
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description: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Standardized missing values.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes..
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 1 
 DS2: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 2 
 DS3: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 3 
 DS4: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 4 
 DS5: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 1 
 DS6: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 2 
 DS7: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 3 
 DS8: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 4 
 DS9: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 1 
 DS10: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 2 
 DS11: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 3 
 DS12: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 4 
 DS13: Implementation Interview Data File 
 DS14: Infrastructure Index Interview Data File: Round 1 
 DS15: Infrastructure Index Interview Data File: Round 2 
 DS16: Quarterly Report Data File 
 DS17: Strategic Plan Data File 
 DS18: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 5 
 DS19: Community Level Instrument: Part I - Round 6 
 DS20: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 5 
 DS21: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Round 6 
 DS22: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 5 
 DS23: Community Level Instrument: Part II - Geographic Areas: Round 6
description: record abstracts, telephone interview, web-based survey 
Other contributors include: Robert Orwin, Principal Investigator, Westat; Rebecca M. Buchanan, Westat; John J. Park, Task Order Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA); Augusto Diana, Project Lead, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Data from the 26 comparison States are not available as part of this collection.
The study design used both quantitative and qualitative data, the latter providing process data and systems outcomes at the state and community levels, as well as context for analyzing National Outcome Measures (NOMs) and other epidemiological outcomes. However, the qualitative data are not available as part of this data collection.
Two rounds of implementation interviews were conducted. The data are not meant to be interpreted longitudinally, however, so the data file contains a combination of data collected at each time
description: The universe for Phase I includes 24 states and 2 terrritories in the United States. Phase II will include all States and two territories in the United States. Smallest Geographic Unit: ZIP code
description: States were selected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the program funding agency, based on the merits of their applications. States, in turn, selected communities for funding using a wide variety of criteria and processes.