The drug abuse has become one of the major problems of the nation, and as a response to increased demand for programs and experts to meet treatment and preventive needs. As part of these efforts the National Institute of Mental Health has been funding projects that focus on training a wide range of professionals and paraprofessionals. Thus, the agencies were faced to provide individuals working in the field of intensive, short-term training centres handling the clinical and counselling problems of these agencies. With the increasing number of training centres, evaluation of the program effectiveness arose. The present study was performed in the framework of this evaluation process with the final objective to provide an evaluation and validation model for measuring the training effectiveness on professionals and paraprofessionals working in the drug abuse field.
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of the application of survey data to government policy analysis. For over two years, Canadians have been engaged in a major review of their social security system. One aspect of this review has been the development of realistic proposals for a guaranteed annual income for Canadians. As part of the review process, the Federal Government has tried to develop and apply the analytical capabilities necessary to evaluate the policy implications of alternatives as they arose. One such development was the construction of a micro-simulation model based on a comprehensive income survey of the Canadian population. The purpose of this model was to estimate the costs and effectiveness of the given proposals.
This paper deals with a case history, which we believe comprises an unusual, if not unique application of the skills of a commercial market and social research company to the field of Medical Research. We will show how the concept of using sample survey techniques to resolve medical controversy was generated within the commercial organisation, and developed into a multi-centre and multi-disciplinary study designed to diagnose the extent of a widespread medical condition and to initiate effective rethinking of the problem both amongst the Medical Profession and Government Departments. The importance of the study, as the first results are beginning to show, is very considerable. In Britain, our estimate is that 10% of the population aged 65+ are 'at risk' to some extent because of the condition of low body temperatures.
This paper is based upon a study undertaken for the Department of the Environment and was designed to assess the housing needs and preferences of disabled people in terms of design and location of their dwelling. The main subject of this paper is a discussion and evaluation of the special features of the study in the fields of questionnaire design, interviewer training, incorporation of architectural facets and classification into categories of handicap. Finally, the opportunity has been taken to look at some implications for future social planning.
Considerable research is being conducted in the United States directed toward obtaining a better understanding of Negro and white attitudes towards problems and progress in race relations in America, Opinion Research Corporation has conducted a number of studies for its own research arm, the Public Opinion Index, for a governmental agency and for Columbia Broadcasting System, one of America's television networks. This paper draws from these studies.
Market researchers' work is most important not only to the economist, but also to men of science and government authorities. Market research has become an instrument management indispensable for marketing. Opinion and market research act as a means of communication between producer and consumer. The complications of life in present-day society often make it difficult, if not impossible, for a producer to contact his consumers directly. Your investigations have turned out to be a bridge-head. Thus it makes a contribution to an efficient "working" of our democratic society.
The aim of the paper is to show the importance of the public opinion poll and the historical research as diplomatic methods for the resolution of cultural conflict in Japan.