Alcohol and Epidemiological Data System (AEDS)

国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所（NIAAA）是美国卫生与公众服务部国家卫生研究院的一个组成部分，是美国研究酒精滥用、酒精中毒和酒精对健康的其他影响的主要机构。NIAAA通过：1)开展和支持广泛的科学领域的研究，包括遗传学、神经科学、流行病学、饮酒的健康风险和益处、预防和治疗；2)在酒精相关问题上与其他研究机构和联邦项目进行协调和合作；3)与从事酒精相关工作的国际、国家、州和地方机构、组织、机构和项目合作；4)将研究成果翻译并传播给卫生保健提供者、研究人员、政策制定者和公众。

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency in this country for research on alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and other health effects of alcohol. NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by: 1) conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; 2) coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues; 3) collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol-related work; and 4) translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public. NIAAA research is guided by the NlAAA Strategic Plan for Research, 2006-2010, which sets forth research opportunities to increase understanding of why, how, and when people drink, and the development of alcohol use disorders (AUD). The NlAAA Strategic Plan adds a new direction to alcohol studies by applying the lifespan perspective -- the consideration of how the emergence and progression of drinking behavior is influenced by multiple changes (in biology, psychology, and in exposure to social and environmental inputs) over a person's lifetime. Viewing alcohol use and alcohol problems through a lifespan perspective will provide knowledge that will, through early identification and intervention, significantly contribute to the ability to decrease the prevalence of alcoholism and other alcohol-related disorders, and to the treatment of these disorders. NIAAA seeks to reduce alcohol-related mortality and morbidity and other alcohol-related problems and consequences through the integration and application of epidemiology and prevention science by: 1) setting national research priorities; 2) stimulating and supporting national research, training and career development; 3) promoting dialogue and collaboration between NIAAA and other organizations; 4) disseminating information. The Alcohol Epidemiological Data System (AEDS) is a contract-funded effort to provide major assistance to NIAAA in the conduct of its research and research dissemination program. The focus of the AEDS contract is secondary data analysis of survey data and collection of secondary survey data for use in scientific reports.