The SFP 10-14 in the UK

In the United Kingdom the Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC), together with the Home Office and Diageo GB, are funding a project to adapt, test and pilot the SFP10-14 for use in the UK . This project began in 2004 and will finish in 2007. There are several stages in the project, described below:

1. Adaptation of the SFP10-14 materials and approach

Project worker(s) will be trained in the use of the SFP10-14, and will then establish an advisory group with parents, young people, teachers and prevention workers from a variety of social and economic settings. Initial contacts may be with schools and local drug and alcohol prevention workers, with a snowball technique used to recruit advisory group members. The advisory group will guide the project worker on the initial adaptation of the SFP10-14 programme materials and approach for use in the specific country. A nominal group technique will be used for this purpose. Nominal groups are thought to generate better quality ideas than other interacting groups and reach consensus more quickly than a Delphi technique. The advisory group will be asked to review the SFP10-14 programme materials and generate a list of positive features and areas for improvement. A "round robin" recording of ideas will be facilitated until all ideas are exhausted and any duplicates eliminated. The advisory group (panel of experts) will then be asked to generate ideas and discussion about each member's list of items and to reach a consensus. The group decision is the pooled result of individual opinions.

2. Modelling the adapted SFP materials (Phase I)

After the SFP materials have been through an initial adaptation, focus group meetings will be held in several different locations. At each location there will be a separate focus group for parents and for young people. The purpose of the focus group meetings is to model the adapted SFP materials and approach with individuals and groups who are representative of the target population (low and high risk young people). The materials and approach will subsequently be revised further by the project worker with support from the advisory group. Revised materials will then be sent to focus group participants for further comment.

The video clips below compare the original SFP10-14 video material with the revised material produced as part of this project.