Table 2 Summary of Data Collected for the JDTC Guidelines Cross-Site Evaluation Project
Data Collection Instrument | Source of Instrument | Data Collection Interval | Party Coordinating Data Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
Youth Surveys Sections | Baseline, 6 & 12 Month Follow-up | Local Liaison, Chestnut Health Systems | |
A. Exclusion and Consent Checklist, start time, time anchoring | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
B. Background Information | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
WB. Wellbeing | Mental Health Continuum Short Form (Keyes & Simoes, 2012; McGaffin et al., 2015) | ” | ” |
FE. Family Environment | Family Effectiveness Measure (FEM; McCreary et al., 2013) and Very Important Adult (VIA; Herrera et al., 2007) questions from National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) | ” | ” |
SP. School and Peers | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013), Social Environment Scale (SES; Godley et al., 2005) and Out-of-School Time (OST) structured activity scale from National Mentoring Resource Center (Scales et al., 2006) | ” | ” |
RB. Risk Behavior | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
MH. Mental Health | GAIN Q3 (Conrad et al., 2010; Conrad et al., 2012; Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
SU. Substance Use | GAIN SS (Dennis et al., 2006; Garner et al., 2013; Riley et al., 2007) | ” | ” |
CV. Crime and Violence | GAIN SS (Conrad et al., 2010; Dennis et al., 2006; Garner et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
Z. End | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
XADM Administration | GAIN Q3 (Titus et al., 2013) | ” | ” |
Youth Record Abstraction | JJTRIALS youth records data funded by NIDA (Belenko et al., 2017) and JDTC Guidelines funded by OJJDP (2016) | Continuously throughout project | Local Liaison, Chestnut Health Systems |
JDTC Court Self-Assessment | JDTC cooperative tool funded by OJJDP to measure implementation of the 2016 JDTC Guidelines | Spring 2018, Spring 2020 | NPC Research |
TJC Self-Assessment | Abbreviated version (omits specific JDTC-focused) questions of JDTC Court Self-Assessment | Spring 2018, Spring 2020 | NPC Research |
Site Visit Protocol | RWJ RF JDTC Evaluation (Greene et al., 2014) and JDTC Guidelines funded by OJJDP | Fall 2018 to Winter 2020 | Carnevale Associates, LLC |