Epidemiology of Drug Abuse

A.Natural History of Drug Abusing Behaviors

1. Defining and Measuring Drug Abusing Behaviors
Zili Sloboda

2. Drug Abuse Heterogeneity and the Search for Subtypes
Meyer D. Glantz, Kevin P. Conway, James D. Colliver

3. Studying the Natural History of Drug Use
Yih-Ing Hser, Douglas Longshore, Mary-Lynn Brecht, M. Douglas Anglin

4. Health, Social, and Psychological Consequences of Drug Use and Abuse
Michael D. Newcomb, Thomas Locke

B.Epidemiological Methods

5. Use of Archival Data
Zili Sloboda, Rebecca McKetin, Nicholas J. Kozel

6. Sampling Issues in Drug Epidemiology
Colin Taylor, Paul Griffiths

7. Collecting Drug Use Data from Different Populations
Edward M. Adlaf

8. Indirect Methods to Estimate Prevalence
Matthew Hickman, Colin Taylor

9. Qualitative Methods in the Drug Abuse Field
Claire E. Sterk, Kirk W. Elifson

10. Ethical Considerations for Drug Abuse Epidemiologic Research
Craig L. Fry, Wayne Hall

C.Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiologic Studies

11. A Common Language for a Common Problem: The Developing Role of Drug Epidemiology in a Global Context
Paul Griffiths, Rebecca McKetin

12. Longitudinal Studies of Drug Use and Abuse
Thomas A. Wills, Carmella Walker, Jody A. Resko

13. Drug Abuse and the Spread of Infection: HIV and AIDS as an Example
Don C. Jarlais, Holly Hagan, Samuel R. Friedman

D.Epidemiologic Information and Demand Reduction

14. Implications of Epidemiologic Information for Effective Drug Abuse Prevention Strategies
Zili Sloboda

15. The Role of Treatment Data in Studying the Epidemiology of Substance Use and Abuse
Robert L. Hubbard

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Keywords: MEDICAL / Public Health MED078000