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Research on Rural Residence and Access to Drug Abuse Services: Where Are We and where Do We Go?
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Borders, Tyrone F.; Booth, Brenda M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of the scientific literature on access to drug abuse services in rural areas and suggest directions for future research. Methods: We performed a literature review of…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Rural Areas, Drug Rehabilitation
The Colorado Social Health Survey of Mental Health Service Needs: Sampling, Instrumentation, and Major Findings.
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Ciarlo, James A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A stratified probability sample of 4,745 adults in Colorado was surveyed to determine the need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services. Findings that variation in need prevalence across 48 subareas of the state substantially challenge the assumptions of a uniform rate of need in a state. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Geographic Regions
Continuing Jeopardy: Children and AIDS. A Staff Report of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. One Hundredth Congress, Second Session.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
The challenges to Congress posed by the threat of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to children are to support the development of more humane and cost-effective treatment and care, and to stop the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The rate of reported HIV infection and cases of AIDS among children and youth is increasing.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Children, Communicable Diseases