Drug prevention. An overview of thirteen Colombian programs

Abstract

Introduction: There is a description of good practices in drug prevention, acknowledged as such by 13 drug prevention programs in Colombia. The identification of good practices has been widened in the field of drugs in order to improve processes, decision making, finding successful methodologies and in general improving the know-how processes in drug programs. A qualitative study was carried out under a descriptive hermeneutic approach based on the information gathered through interviews with program coordinators and staff; the information was analyzed and categorized. Development: The results showed that the programs that were consulted used some of the good practices that were described in the specialized literature, even though not all were necessary to show efficient results, especially in generating evidences. Conclusions: When isolated, such practices are not enough, if they are adopted as a whole they would improve drug prevention processes in Colombia.