PLA as a tool in participant process-oriented evaluation in the field of drug prevention psychiatry in Norway.

This article describes the use of PLA as a tool to facilitate process-oriented, participant evaluation for a project that focussed on drug prevention psychiatry in Norway. It describes how PLA tools have been used in three phases of the evaluation: evaluation of the pre-project phase, evaluation mid-way and at the end of the project period. The results of the project and the lessons learnt are also discussed.