Table 1. Criteria used in most widespread registries of evidence-based prevention interventions.

	Criteria
List of registries	Evidence of efficacy	Quality of evaluation	Quality of programme goals	Quality of programme rationale	Quality of programme content and appropriateness	Quality of programme implementation methods	Educational significancea	Usefulness and replicability
Blueprints	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
Drug strategies: Making the Grade	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ED List	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maryland Report	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NIDA Guide	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
EMCDDA Best Practice Portal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Dutch Recognition System	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

This table is partly based on the work by Gandhi et al. [22], with the addition of the EMCDDA Best Practice Portal [23] and the Dutch Recognition System [24].

^aThe application describes how the intervention is integrated into schools' educational mission.

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.