Schneider Institutes for Health Policy
Research Project Summary
| Project Title: | Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - An Update |
| PI: | Horgan CM |
| Team Members: | Skwara K, Strickler G |
| Start Date: | 7/1/1999 |
| End Date: | 9/30/2000 |
| Funder: | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Research Area: | Behavioral Health |
| Core Competency: | High Risk & Costly Populations |
| Description This publication is an update of the Institute's 1993 chart book, Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy. The updated chart book provides a baseline for monitoring alcohol, illicit drug and tobacco trends, incorporates new information and data that have become available since 1993 and includes new topics of importance in substance abuse policy. The chart book is divided into four sections. The overview provides historical context and background on important substance abuse trends and policy issues. Chapter one examines patterns of substance use and abuse, including perceptions of risk, early use and heavy use of substances. Chapter two focuses on consequences of abuse, including deaths and effects on the health care system, families, crime and the workplace. The final chapter describes efforts to combat the problem, such as media campaigns, community-based programs, tobacco control efforts and treatment, among other topics. It is available online at www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/SubstanceAbuseChartbook.pdf. | |
