Evaluation of the Implementation Process of a Program on Skills for Life in Public Schools in Cordoba (Argentina)

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Published: Dec 19, 2022
Issue: Vol. 40 No. 3 (2022): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
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Keywords: qualitative evaluation implementation science life skills health education health promotion

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Authors

  Francisco Bertea
Centro de Investigación y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (conicet)
Griselda Cardozo
Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (iipsi-conicet y Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

Abstract

Life skills programs are one of the most used strategies in the school environment for health prevention. Although implementation science indicates that implementation processes must be evaluated to ensure achievement of objectives, after more than thirty years of development of these programs in Latin America, there has been little progress in this area. This report presents an evaluation of the implementation process of a life skills program oriented towards the prevention of substance use —implemented in 2010—,  documenting complex aspects to make  recommendations for future applications. To perform the evaluation, 30 courses were selected. 60 teachers and 940 students participated. The students belonged to a medium-low socioeconomic level and were in public secondary schools in Córdoba city, Argentina. Qualitative data collection techniques —non-participant observation, records of productions of the activities, and semi-structured interviews— were used, selecting a qualitative and quantitative approach to this data. The results demonstrate the  complexity of the implementation process, the contextual difficulties, and the need to increase knowledge of the relationships between school dynamics and the implementation of life skills programs to design effective strategies. This
highlights the need to overcome the tension between
the participatory pedagogical approaches of these
programs and the traditional school logic.

Author Biography

Francisco Bertea, Centro de Investigación y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (conicet)

Lic. y Prof. en Psicología. Becario doctoral de CONICET. Centro de Investigación y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad (CIECS/CONICET). 

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Bertea, F., & Cardozo, G. (2022). Evaluation of the Implementation Process of a Program on Skills for Life in Public Schools in Cordoba (Argentina). Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 40(3). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.9084
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