DeVillaer M
Addiction Research Foundation, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Addiction. 1996 May;91(5):701-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.9157016.x.
The Substance Abuse Monitor is a comprehensive community-based addictions information system that forms the basis for an innovative approach to community needs assessment. This paper describes: (1) the conditions that created the need and support for the monitoring system; (2) the community development strategy that was employed to secure the commitment of agencies to the project; (3) the specifics of the needs assessment procedures; (4) some of the theoretical, clinical and methodological issues on which the procedures are based; (5) the practical applications of the system; and (6) the limitations of the system. The establishment of the database was based upon the idea that there would be benefits at several levels: the community, the participating agencies, the individual counsellors and the clients. The realization of these benefits requires that the information collected and the results generated must be capable of addressing specific service delivery problems with practical and tangible solutions. It is argued that the project has been successful in generating such solutions, and has considerable potential as an ongoing needs assessment tool.
药物滥用监测器是一个基于社区的综合性成瘾信息系统，它构成了一种创新的社区需求评估方法的基础。本文描述了：（1）产生对监测系统的需求并为其提供支持的条件；（2）为确保各机构对该项目的承诺而采用的社区发展战略；（3）需求评估程序的具体细节；（4）程序所基于的一些理论、临床和方法学问题；（5）该系统的实际应用；以及（6）该系统的局限性。数据库的建立基于这样一种理念，即在多个层面会有好处：社区、参与机构、个体咨询师和客户。要实现这些好处，要求所收集的信息和产生的结果必须能够用切实可行的解决方案来解决具体的服务提供问题。有人认为，该项目已成功地产生了此类解决方案，并且作为一种持续的需求评估工具具有相当大的潜力。
