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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Community Psychol. 2012 Dec;50(3-4):295–310. doi: 10.1007/s10464-012-9504-z

Table 3.

Functions, measures, and feedback mechanisms utilized by the AGTO Project within each ISF system

ISF systems Functions and feedback mechanisms
Prevention delivery system Plan, implement, and evaluate Assets-based programs using GTO 10 steps
Provides feedback to support system a Postcard survey of prevention practitioners satisfaction
Post-training evaluation survey
Prevention support system Deliver annual AGTO training for prevention practitioners
Provide bi-weekly technical assistance to prevention practitioners
Conduct quarterly in-person meetings with practitioners to review program progress and plan activities
 for the next quarter
Provide ongoing support to TA providers across AGTO model
Provide monthly professional development training to TA providers (logic modeling, process and
 outcome evaluation, continuous quality improvement)
Conduct quarterly in-person meetings with TA providers to review program progress and plan activities
 for the next quarter
Provides feedback to synthesis and
translation system
TA monitoring form housed on a shared website
Weekly phone conference with TA providers
Weekly phone conference with project leadership team
Prevention synthesis and translation
 system
Create a repository of process and outcome evaluation measures that could be used by programs
Create detailed discussion guides that contained key questions and tips for TA providers and for
 practitioners to utilize as they implemented GTO steps 7 (Process Evaluation), 8 (Outcome
 Evaluation), and 9 (Continuous Quality Improvement)
Provides feedback to support and
delivery systems
Weekly phone conference with project leadership team to discuss project measures, including
evaluation design and analysis for individual programs
Bi-monthly meetings of the Community Research Workgroup
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Italicized text refers to measures and processes by which feedback has been provided to other systems within the ISF