The ADP have been hard at work, updating the usability guide for the Dundee Alcohol and Drug Prevention Framework. 

The Dundee Alcohol and Drug Prevention Framework is designed to compliment both ADP-level strategy development and action planning. The core content is a series of Evidence Briefing across the life cycle. Each provide a summary of current evidence of effective practice, with appropriate literature review material. The Evidence Briefings are underpinned by 11 key themes, that should be utilised and considered along with the Briefing when monitoring or planning any service, interventions or prevention activity. 

The Briefings show an overview of, and context behind problems and behaviours prevalent in local communities. This provides a greater understanding of the local prevention needs of the community in the early stages of planning an intervention. The Evidence Briefings provide a baseline and starting off point for further investigation, they are by no means an exhaustive list. All statements and data provided have links to sources where possible. Planners are encouraged to add to this resource with their own findings, from investigations or service-based monitoring and evaluation

Framework and Usability Guide Quick Reference

What can it be used for?

• To learn more about what Primary Prevention is and what it means
• Evidence tool
• Quick link to related policies
• A reference or benchmarking tool
• Using local prevention work to build upon local evidence base

How do we use it?

• Jump in and out of relevant section
• Don’t need to read it as a whole document
• Share it with partners and colleagues
• Use the links to support expanding on local data and evaluation
• Share your prevention work to help expand local context

Why we should use a Prevention Framework?

Prevention is a key component to support long term change.

The Usability Guide can be found here.