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Methods for evaluating policy changes in alcohol services.

L A Kaskutas¹, L A Schmidt, C Weisner

¹Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 2000 Hearst Ave., Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94709-2176, USA.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)

|January 2, 2001

Summary

This research explores five methods for studying alcohol policy, including archival studies, key informant interviews, ethnography, surveys, and meta-analyses. Combining these approaches offers robust insights into policy

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Area of Science:

Health Services Research
Public Policy Analysis
Alcohol Studies

Background:

Understanding external influences on alcohol treatment services is crucial.
Policy research plays a vital role in assessing these impacts.
Effective methodologies are needed to study policy formation, implementation, and implications.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a primer on effective research methods for policy analysis in alcohol services.
To examine five broad methodologies for studying policy context, formation, change, and implications.
To illustrate the application and challenges of these methods within the alcohol field.

Main Methods:

Archival studies
Key informant studies
Ethnographic and observational studies

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Surveys

Meta-analyses

Main Results:

Each method (archival, key informant, ethnographic, surveys, meta-analyses) has unique strengths and limitations.
The application of these methods in alcohol services research varies.
Combining multiple methods provides comprehensive insights into policy change.

Conclusions:

No single methodology is superior for studying policy change in alcohol services.
A mixed-methods approach, integrating various data sources and research designs, yields the strongest evidence.
This primer equips researchers with tools to effectively study alcohol policy.