Historique
Chapitre
Epidemiological approaches to alcohol and illicit drugs compared
(Approches épidémiologiques pour comparer l'alcool et les autres drogues)
Auteur(s) :
EDWARDS, G.
Année
1995
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-0-88937-134-7
Refs biblio. :
13
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
COMPARAISON
;
ALCOOL
;
OPIACES
;
ETIOLOGIE
;
PREVENTION
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVALUATION
Note générale :
In : STEFANIS C., HIPPIUS H., NABER D., Research in Addiction : an update, Psychiatry in Progress, 2, p. 49-57, Seattle, Hogrefe Huber Publishers, 1995
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'auteur tente ici de comparer deux univers habituellement séparés que sont l'alcool et la drogue. Les utilisations possibles de ce type de recherche sont d'abord définies et comprennent un éclairage de l'impact sur le public, l'évaluation des besoins en services de santé, l'explication des causes, la relation entre la consommation et les problèmes, l'élaboration de stratégies préventives et les perspectives futures. L'auteur examine le choix d'une étude de population ainsi que les conséquences analytiques et méthodologiques.
ENGLISH :
Some dimensions are identified along which the traditionally separate worlds of drug and alcohol epidemiology can be compared. The uses to which this kind of research can be put are first defined, and are likely to include illumination of public understanding, assessment of health service need, explanations of causation, relationship between consumption and problems, monitoring of preventive strategies, and projection of future trends. The concept of caseness has to be clarified, and a number of alternative approaches are delineated. Choice of study population, and methodological and analytical issues, are considered. All in all, epidemiological research on alcohol and on other drugs needs to achieve better sharing and technologies in this arena. (Author's abstract)
L'auteur tente ici de comparer deux univers habituellement séparés que sont l'alcool et la drogue. Les utilisations possibles de ce type de recherche sont d'abord définies et comprennent un éclairage de l'impact sur le public, l'évaluation des besoins en services de santé, l'explication des causes, la relation entre la consommation et les problèmes, l'élaboration de stratégies préventives et les perspectives futures. L'auteur examine le choix d'une étude de population ainsi que les conséquences analytiques et méthodologiques.
ENGLISH :
Some dimensions are identified along which the traditionally separate worlds of drug and alcohol epidemiology can be compared. The uses to which this kind of research can be put are first defined, and are likely to include illumination of public understanding, assessment of health service need, explanations of causation, relationship between consumption and problems, monitoring of preventive strategies, and projection of future trends. The concept of caseness has to be clarified, and a number of alternative approaches are delineated. Choice of study population, and methodological and analytical issues, are considered. All in all, epidemiological research on alcohol and on other drugs needs to achieve better sharing and technologies in this arena. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Natl Addict. Ctre, Inst. Psychiat., London
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.