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Prevention - the role of prevention techniques (e.g., the examination of public and private policies designed to change social norms concerning ATOD) and targeted education programming.
- reducing underage drinking
- fetal alcohol syndrome
- school, health care and worksite policies
- economic disincentives
Treatment - a variety of interventions have been developed to reduce serious ATOD problems. Despite the proliferation of treatment interventions, their efficacy is largely untested.
- access/barriers to treatment
- managed care impact on access
- licensing and certification
- vulnerable populations (e.g., women, homeless, cultural/ethnic minorities, adolescents)
Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost benefits, and quality of drug abuse prevention and/or treatment including:
- research on matching needs with services approaches to improve prevention and treatment engagement and retention
- new methods of economic analysis and methodologies applied to drug prevention and/or treatment
- the influence of individual, program, and environmental factors on prevention
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