Abstract
The development and implementation of prevention interventions in the Czech Republic have experienced a number of challenges in the Czech Republic. It is common for such interventions to be inappropriately documented, precluding thorough preparation and process evaluation.
In addition, the publication standards and the availability of the documents are rather poor. The insufficient documentation, the deliverers’ lack of interest in the evaluation being conducted, and the low level of economic and political support also make it almost impossible to carry out an evaluation of the impact/effectiveness of such programmes.
Therefore, the authors searched the Czech literature in order to ascertain what studies have been published in the Czech Republic within the past 20 years and which of them meet at least the general criteria for the implementation of evaluation studies of preventive interventions in terms of the evaluation of impact/effectiveness. A total of five studies were identified.
They pertain to the following programmes: “Smoking and Me”, “Community-based Programme in the Prague 6 District”, “Skills for Adolescence”, “Drugs-Reason-Impact”, and “Unplugged”. The article provides an outline of the current situation concerning the implementation of the evaluation of the effectiveness of prevention interventions in the Czech Republic as reflected by the specific studies that have been carried out.
Each study is consistently described, including the methodology used to undertake the respective evaluation study and the results it generated. The set of studies that is presented constitutes a presumable “good practice” base for this sphere of research which may, first and foremost, help in the better systematisation of future activities in this field and serve as both a theoretical and practical foundation, as well as inspiring other similar studies.