Class Planning, Evaluation and Implementation of Prevention Programs

The UC pursues the practical application of key concepts in the field of crime and victimization prevention. In a first approach, the syllabus of this UC aims to present some key concepts in planning and designing prevention programs, particularly regarding to the application of the logic model planning. It gives particular attention to the evaluation of prevention programs and illustrates good practices examples at national and international level. Secondly, students should draft a prevention program, consistent with the content presented and with the characteristics and success criteria defined.

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S1. Main concepts about prevention  ¿S2. Prevention programs: main characteristics and sucess criteria S3. Conceptualizing the problem and the underlying theoretical framework 3.1. Needs diagnosis and problem definition   S4. Planning and design of prevention programs 4.1. Logical model of program planning 4.1.1. Mission 4.1.2. Resources: human, financial, organizational, community 4.1.3. Goals  4.1.4. Activities 4.1.5. Cronogram 4.1.6. Results 4.1.7. Indicators 4.1.8. Measures 4.1.9. Sustainability 4.1.10. Evaluation  S5. Evaluation and Monitoring of Prevention Programs 5.1. Impact assessment at the level of the overall objective, efficiency, effectiveness of activities, relevance to the target audience, and sustainability S6. Ethical-deontological issues within the development and evaluation of social intervention programs.

The proposed and described teaching methodologies integrate a set of pedagogical innovation practices based on evidence, and adjusted to the objectives and contents of the curricular unit /e.g., interactive presentation, questioning, flipped classroom).

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