Author/Editor		Nolimal, Dušan
Title		Epidemiološko spremljanje rabe nedovoljenih drog v Sloveniji v letu 1999: ocena stanja in načrti za prihodnost
Translated title		Epidemiological survey of illegal drug use in Slovenia in 1999: evaluation of the situation and plans for the future
Type		članek
Source		Odvisnosti
Vol. and No.		Letnik 1, št. 1-2
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 28-32
Language		slo
Abstract		For the planning, development, and evaluation of activities regarding drugs and addiction and in connection with multidisciplinary collaboration on different levels, we need general and specific information about the patterns and trends connected with the problem of drug abuse as well as about important regional differences within the country. A specialized epidemiology for drugs and addiction has become a necessary support for the collaboration of different sectors in planning and decision making aswell as for the multidisciplined policies regarding health, and the prevention of the consequences of the great deal of psychoactive substance use in the population. It is essential to gather information from a variety of sources and to use different methods and indicators which are described in this article (e.g. The First Treatment Demand, cross-sectional research, research on groups at a higher risk, ethnographic research, data regarding the overdose of drugs, mortality related to drugs, infections through drug injections, statistics on the issuing of prescriptions, police arrests, the number of drug confiscations, the amount of confiscated drugs, the cost and purity of drugs, judicial statistics on imprisoned persons, etc). The Institute for Health Protection of the Republic of Slovenia together with the Co-ordination Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Dependence on Illegal Drugs, which operates underthe auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, has already developed an information system regarding judicial proceedings involved with drug users ("Record on the Proceedings of Drug Users"). (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters.)
Summary		Za načrtovanje, razvoj in oceno dejavnosti na področju drog in zasvojenosti ter v zvezi z multidisciplinarnim sodelovanjem na različnih nivojih potrebujemo splošne in posebne informacije o vzorcih in trendih v zvezi s problematiko drog, ki morajo vključevati tudi pomembne regionalne (lokalne) razlike znotraj države. Specializirana epidemiologija na področju drog in zasvojenostl postaja nujna podpora medsektorskemu sodelovanju pri načrtovanju in sprejemanju odločitev ter multidisciplinarnosti politik za zdravje ter preprečevanju posledic velike rabe psihoaktivnih substanc med prebivalstvom. Nujno je zbirati informacije iz različnih virov ter uporabljati različne metode in kazalce, ki jih opisuje ta prispevek (npr. prvo iskanje pomoči, presečne raziskave, raziskave skupin z višjim tveganjem, etnografske raziskave, podatki o predoziranju z drogami, umrljivost v zvezi z drogami, okužbe pri injiciranju drog, statistika predpisovanja receptov, policijske aretacije, število zaplemb drog, količina odvzetih drog, cena in čistost drog, pravosodne statistike o zaprtih osebah...). Inštitut za varovanje zdravja RS je skupaj s Koordinacijo centrov za preprečevanje in zdravljenje odvisnosti od prepovedanih drog, ki deluje v okviru Ministrstva za zdravstvo RS, že razvil informacijski sistem na področju obravnave uporabnikov drog (Evidenca obravnave uživalca droge). Da bi lahko razvili metodologijo in vpeljali epidemiološka spremljanja tudi s pomočjo drugih kazalcev, ki vključujejo etnografske pristope, je potrebna centralna enota, ki bo odgovorna za multidisciplinarno zbiranje, urejanje, analiziranje in posredovanje informacij o drogah in zasvojenostih. Enota mora izdelati smernice in vzpostaviti rutinske mehanizme za zbiranje in posredovanje podatkov v skladu s sprejetimi evropskimi priporočili. Takšna enota ni nujno velika in draga, mora pa biti formalno priznana.
Descriptors		SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE STREET DRUGS INCIDENCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS SLOVENIA