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Texas Prevention Impact Index

What is the Texas Prevention Impact Index?

The Texas Prevention Impact Index (TPII) project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education in the fall of 1997 to develop a data collection system that would assist schools in prevention program improvement.
Since the completion of the development phase of the project in September of 1999, the TPII has been used in Districts throughout Texas as well as other states.

What does TPII have that can help me?

The Texas Prevention Impact Index supports school districts by providing:
A comprehensive needs assessment instrument and data collection method, consistent with the USED-mandated Principles of Effectiveness
A tool for effective program planning
Risk/Resiliency data beyond student drug use and incidence
A research-based methodology
A benchmark to measure changes over time
Valuable local statistics for grant-writing and budgeting

TPII Survey Sample

About TPII Inserts:

The “Texas Prevention Impact Index” has been utilized for several years by school districts across the state of Texas. There have been occasions where districts have had a vested interest in accumulating data related to specific topic areas. When this occasion has arisen REdS has developed inserts that can be placed within the TPII to collect that data. The inserts look exactly like the TPII document but contain a specific set of questions associated with special data needs. It is possible to supplement the TPII survey using the inserts or request a new insert to fit your needs. The following are inserts which have previously been developed and are currently available.

Tobacco:
The insert related to tobacco use was requested to collect data related to tobacco education and use. The current insert was used to collect data related to research and evaluation of grants funded to reduce tobacco use in school aged populations. The insert has items related to data required for evaluation of these grants and has been used by tobacco coalitions for that purpose.

Violence:
The insert was designed to address a number of issues associated with violence. The insert examines the perception of safety as reported by the subject responding to the survey items. Like the other inserts the items contained are supplemental to the TPII and do not replicate any items surveyed on the instrument The violence insert inquires about school and community tolerance and norms regarding weapons and violence. The insert also examines the aggressive tendency of the person responding to establish an overall presence of aggression and acceptability of violence in the group surveyed.

Underage Drinking:
The insert was designed to collect data related to underage drinking. Items contained in the insert are supplemental to the items contained in the TPII and provide a new set of items regarding alcohol use and prevalence in the youth population. The insert was designed to measure the impact of environmental strategies that focus on underage drinking. The items deal with constructs associated with accessibility, purchase, drinking practices, locations of use, parental attitudes, peer attitudes and community norms.

Custom Inserts:
It may be possible to develop custom inserts for your specific data collection needs. REdS can produce a professional document that matches the TPII and can be included with the TPII for your use. We do not recommend the use of more than one insert at a time due to time constraints in completing the survey.

For help with TPII development or with custom inserts please contact our offices.