TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Developing indicators to measure the implementation of the Western Cape Alcohol Harms Reduction Strategy in South Africa
JO  - African journal of drug and alcohol studies
A1  - Parry, Charles D. H.
A1  - Trangenstein, Pamela J.
A1  - Erasmus, Jodilee
A1  - Diedericks, Aadielah
A1  - Harker, Nadine
SP  - 93
EP  - 117
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - This manuscript describes a process to develop a set of indicators to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Western Cape Alcohol-Related Harms Reduction (AHR) White Paper in South Africa and provide a final set of indicators. Drawing on the framework in Andréasson et al. (2009), a logic model with categories and types of indicators (i.e. prevention, determinants, consumption, and alcohol-related harms) was used to develop an initial set of 255 indicators. The methodological process followed involved a) scoping of a large electronic database maintained by the South African Medical Research Council, b) a comprehensive literature review and, c) reaching out to18 international key informants. Iterative communications with stakeholders from diverse government entities via email, telephone calls and individual and multi-person face-to-face meetings, together with a consensus process involving the study team was used to refine the indicators. The final set included 176 indicators; 108, (61.4%) of these were "core" indicators, and 68 (38.6%) were "expanded" indicators, meaning they added to the core indicators in given areas which would be useful to have but are of a lower priority or are likely to be less easy to obtain. Of the core indicators, 45 (42.4%) were deemed by policy makers/researchers in the Premier's office as "high-level indicators," denoting that they were the most essential. This manuscript demonstrates that it is possible to develop evidence-based, location-specific indicators to evaluate policy implementation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1531-4065
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -