Planning for the Development of Comprehensive Community Alcoholism Services: I. The Prevalence Survey
ALLAN BEIGEL M.D.1,
E. JAMES HUNTER M.S.,
JOHN S. TAMERIN M.D.2,
EDWIN H. CHAPIN M.S., , and
MARY J. LOWERY M.A
1 Director, Southern Arizona Mental Health Center, 1930 East Sixth St., Tucson, Ariz. 85719
2 Research Director, Silver Hill Foundation, New Canaan, Conn.
The authors point out that there is a great need for adequate prevalence data in the planning of comprehensive community alcoholism programs and that such planning must be based on the needs of the specific community. They present a method for obtaining useful prevalence data in a brief period of time and at a modest cost, giving examples of how these data can be used in planning a rational program for a specific community.
