Historique
Article de Périodique
Prevalence estimation and policy formulation (1993)
(Estimation de prévalence et formulation d'une politique)
Auteur(s) :
REUTER, P.
Année
1993
Page(s) :
167-184
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
40
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLITIQUE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVALUATION
;
COHORTE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 1993, 23, (2), 167-184
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'estimation de la prévalence a un rôle potentiellement important dans les prises de décisions de la politique en matière de drogue. Son influence limitée jusqu'à présent est due au manque de crédibilité des estimations d'une part et à la nature hautement moralisatrice de tout ce qui entoure la politique en matière de drogues illicites. Dans un futur proche, ces estimations devraient jouer un rôle plus important dans la politique en matière de drogue.
ENGLISH:
Prevalence estimation has a potentially important role in drug policy decision making. To date, however, it has played only a modest role in decisions at the national level, though it has come to be important in the rhetoric of national drug policy. This limited influence arises from the limited capacities and credibility of the estimates on the one hand and the highly moralistic nature of the policy process surrounding the illicit drug issue on the other. The available numbers are developed either systematically from data sources that have low credibility (self-report) or are developed less systematically from sources that simply are not well understood. Estimates of the number of problematic drug users are most likely to have a significant role in policy making in the near future. (Author's abstract)
L'estimation de la prévalence a un rôle potentiellement important dans les prises de décisions de la politique en matière de drogue. Son influence limitée jusqu'à présent est due au manque de crédibilité des estimations d'une part et à la nature hautement moralisatrice de tout ce qui entoure la politique en matière de drogues illicites. Dans un futur proche, ces estimations devraient jouer un rôle plus important dans la politique en matière de drogue.
ENGLISH:
Prevalence estimation has a potentially important role in drug policy decision making. To date, however, it has played only a modest role in decisions at the national level, though it has come to be important in the rhetoric of national drug policy. This limited influence arises from the limited capacities and credibility of the estimates on the one hand and the highly moralistic nature of the policy process surrounding the illicit drug issue on the other. The available numbers are developed either systematically from data sources that have low credibility (self-report) or are developed less systematically from sources that simply are not well understood. Estimates of the number of problematic drug users are most likely to have a significant role in policy making in the near future. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Drug Policy Res. Ctr
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A00330