Аннотация:
GAP Toolkit Module 2: Prevalence Estimation – Indirect Methods for Estimating the Size of the Drug Problem was prepared with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime under the Global Program for Estimating Drug Abuse (GAP). The main purpose of the GAP is to help countries collect reliable and internationally comparable data on drug abuse, build local capacity to collect data that can guide demand reduction activities and help improve national, regional and global reporting mechanisms on drug trends. The GAP Toolkit has been developed to assist Member States of the United Nations in establishing drug information systems that are culturally appropriate and appropriate, to ensure that current drug information systems are in line with internationally recognized standards of good practice, and to focus on harmonizing indicators, concerning drug abuse. Module 2 of the GPE Toolkit is one component of a toolkit designed to support data collection activities. The purpose of the Toolkit is to serve as a practical and accessible guide to data collection in the most important areas. The toolkit modules are intended to serve not as a final resource, but as a starting point in the development of specific activities, referring the reader to sources for more detailed information on specific issues. The GAP Toolkit is based on data collection principles that have been agreed upon by an international group of experts and endorsed by Member States of the United Nations. While the models presented are based on existing working models that have proven to be effective, the proposed approaches must necessarily take into account local needs and conditions. Therefore, Toolkit Module 2 contains a number of specific examples to guide the reader through the process of adapting general principles and models to specific contexts, and is not intended to cover the full range and diversity of existing drug information systems or data collection methods.
Ключевые слова:
drug abuse; data collection; assessing the extent of abuse; indirect methods; methodological tools.