Development of the Standards and the Certification Process in Primary Prevention - An Evaluation Study
Abstract
Background: Certification of competence for providers of school-based primary prevention assessment is a formal recognition program that fulfilled the criteria of quality and complexity. It is a process of assessment services under the criteria set agreed standards.
Standards in its general and special part defines the basic concepts , target groups for preventive programs and the principle of effectiveness. Next, define the characteristics that should generally meet the quality program.
The objectives of the evaluation study : This study and aims to analyze the most significant shifts in the development of the standard and its implementation in the period 2005 - 2012 in three stages. Following revisions and attempts to characterize the most important trends in the field.
Methods : In a 1.revision was a survey , focus groups were carried certifiers and external evaluation took place . 2.revision was based on panel discussions,minutes of FG,gathering feedback from the field and was completed by external appearance Opponency working document. As the 3rd step in this study was performed meta - analysis of general trends in the development of Standards.
Results: In the first revision of the standard was reflected more in touch with reality program,narrowing of Standards and deduplication,unambiguous interpretation and evaluation and legislation updates. The second revision brings the universalisation of standards for all types of risk behavior and acceptance by all sectors entering the schools.
Requests consistency with the basic literature and educational documents and uniformity in the education and training of prevention workers entering the school. They outlined the challenges for the future: putting in a European context , the implementation of the certification process for new conditions and application skill levels for workers in preventing the unification process across departments.