Open AccessMEASUREMENT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN CANBERRA SCHOOL STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Irwin Robert P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1978.tb00693.x
Subject(s) - data presentation , alcohol consumption , presentation (obstetrics) , meaning (existential) , variety (cybernetics) , inclusion (mineral) , consumption (sociology) , medical education , data collection , longitudinal study , psychology , qualitative property , mathematics education , alcohol , computer science , medicine , sociology , social psychology , social science , surgery , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , machine learning , psychotherapist
Editor's note : Unfortunately, no revised text of Dr. Irwin's presentation to the Workshop was available for inclusion in these proceedings. Alcohol consumption in Canberra secondary schools was measured in a variety of ways. Decisions about these measurements were based on a medical ecological model. Data were collected by a number of methods in the three phases of the ANU Drug Education Project. Research comparisions were made in both cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies. The longitudinal studies allowed individual change in alcohol use to be used as a measure. Analysis added meaning to this data collection. The purpose of measurement was seen as providing both quantitative and qualitative data. Difficulties in research into alcohol consumption need to be met in many ways in order to make progress of our understanding of research findings.