Proposal for a four-step evaluation and approval process of prevention interventions for health-compromising behaviours.

<p>Proposal for a four-step evaluation and approval process of prevention interventions for health-compromising behaviours.</p

Criteria used in most widespread registries of evidence-based prevention interventions.

<p>This table is partly based on the work by Gandhi et al. <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001740#pmed.1001740-Gandhi1" target="_blank">[22]</a>, with the addition of the EMCDDA Best Practice Portal <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001740#pmed.1001740-Bo1" target="_blank">[23]</a> and the Dutch Recognition System <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001740#pmed.1001740-Brug1" target="_blank">[24]</a>.</p>a<p>The application describes how the intervention is integrated into schools' educational mission.</p><p>Abbreviations: EMCDDA, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Abuse; NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse; SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; ED, US Department of Education; N/A, not available.</p><p>Criteria used in most widespread registries of evidence-based prevention interventions.</p