Historique
Article de Périodique
How credible are international databases for understanding substance use and related problems? [Editorial] (2015)
Auteur(s) :
A. UHL ;
G. HUNT ;
W. VAN DEN BRINK ;
G. V. STIMSON
Article en page(s) :
119-121
Sous-type de document :
Editorial
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
BASE DE DONNEES
;
ENQUETE
;
ESPAD
;
RECHERCHE
;
CIRRHOSE
;
BOISSON ALCOOLISEE
;
POLITIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
;
EUROPE
Organismes
OEDT
Résumé :
An important aspect of understanding the dynamics of substance use in societies is to study how traditions, fashions and policy interventions impact upon substance use and related problems. Since large, well-controlled, long-term policy experiments are hardly feasible - they fail due to ethical, practical, and financial limitations - much hope is often vested in naturalistic studies using high-quality databases, perceived to contain reliable, valid data and comparable data from different countries. Many multi-lateral agencies, such as the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and EUROSTAT have invested considerable resources in collecting, analysing and publishing such international data. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Addiction Research and Documentation of the Anton-Proksch-Institute, Vienna, Austria