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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
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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

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.