As with any intervention, prevention programmes need to be evaluated. This section aims to provide an introduction to the issue of evaluation; irrespective of your profession and where you work it is essential that you continuously evaluate whatever you do. In some aspects, evaluation is not optional and indeed may be a mandatory requirement. At the end of the section, you should be able to understand how to apply a simple evaluation framework to any project or intervention, know how to identify develop indicators that allow you to demonstrate the results of the project, and be able to identify 'succeses' and 'lessons learned' for future projects.
Consider what evaluation framework you would apply to a prevention project in your setting