Problems with surveillance methods for alcoholism: differences in coding systems among federal, state, and private agencies. | Zendy

Joseph Westermeyer | Zendy

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Problems with surveillance methods for alcoholism: differences in coding systems among federal, state, and private agencies.

Author(s) -

Joseph Westermeyer

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.2.130

Subject(s) - environmental health , relevance (law) , coding (social sciences) , public health , state (computer science) , public economics , political science , business , psychology , medicine , computer science , economics , sociology , law , social science , nursing , algorithm

Social indicator systems can serve as a social accounting method to guide public policy on alcoholism, utilizing data which are routinely collected at public expense. An attempt to develop an alcoholism social indicator system for Minnesota demonstrated many differences in the coding schemes used by various state agencies and institutions. These findings have relevance to other social indicator systems being developed to assess public policies regarding the people's health.

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