Survey Measurement of Drug Use
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Page : 422 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Drug abuse surveys
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Page : 422 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Drug abuse surveys
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Author : Charles F. Turner
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Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : Lana D. Harrison
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Page : 520 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Data collection
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780788103704
Assesses three prominent drug prevalence studies currently sponsored by the Federal government. Includes an examination of the degree of data concordance as well as an investigation of the strengths & limitations of each study. Develops guidelines for improving drug prevalence estimates, particularly those focusing on high-risk groups. Charts & tables.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309447216
In February 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore options for expanding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) behavioral health data collections to include measures of recovery from substance use and mental disorder. Participants discussed options for collecting data and producing estimates of recovery from substance use and mental disorders, including available measures and associated possible data collection mechanisms. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Drug abuse surveys
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Drug abuse surveys
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In response to a Congressional request, the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigated drug use measurement by reporting the drug use patterns of targeted groups in three nationally prominent drug studies, assessing the methodological strengths and limitations of the studies, and developing recommendations for the improvement of drug prevalence estimates. The GAO examined the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), the High School Senior Survey (HSSS), and the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) study of booked arrestees. The NHSDA was found to be limited by the exclusion of groups at high risk for drug use, problematic measurement of heroin and cocaine use, and reliance on subject self-reports. HSSS excluded dropouts and absentees, yielded questionable estimates of drug use in non-white populations, and relied on self-reports. DUF employed both self-reports and the objective technique of urinalysis for assessing drug use, but its findings cannot be generalized. This document presents the report GAO sent to Congress concerning the evaluation of the three drug use studies and the recommendations for improving the studies. Following an executive summary, chapter 1 of the report provides an introduction to the GAO work. Chapter 2 describes the NHSDA, HSSS, and DUF studies and illustrates the drug use rates for marijuana, cocaine, and heroin and other opiates for different target groups. Chapter 3 describes the strengths and limitations of each of the three studies. Chapter 4 provides guidelines and recommendations for enhancing drug prevalence estimation techniques. (NB)
Author : Judy Anne Reardon
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Drug abuse
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Author : National Survey on Drug Use and Health (U.S.)
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Drug abuse
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Author : John V. Pepper
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 2001
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It is inevitable that questions be raised about the quality of self-reports of drug use. While it is presumed that self-report surveys fail to accurately measure levels of use, it is often assumed that they do reveal trends. This paper evaluates this proposition by examining the implications of response problems in the existing drug use surveys for assessment of trends in adolescent drug use. I find that assessment depends critically on the maintained assumptions. After all, the data cannot reveal whether a nonrespondent used drugs or whether a respondent revealed the truth. The data alone cannot reveal the fraction of drug users. Thus, as with all response problems, a fundamental tradeoff exits between credibility and strength of conclusions.