COGNITIVE INTERVIEW TECH TO IMPROVE DRUG USE REPORTS

本提案的主要目的是评估 收集自我报告药物的创新访谈策略 使用信息。 这种管理风格，称为交互式 thinkaloud采访，是基于目前的理解， 对调查问题的回答所依据的认知过程。 这 面试形式将为面试官提供一套技能， 旨在帮助被调查者理解、回忆和判断的技术 形成，同时最大限度地减少响应编辑。 据推测， 采访形式将大大改善报告和 药物使用的准确性 大约600个不同种族的样本 芝加哥市18 - 34岁的成年人将 面对面采访。 使用随机分配，一半将是 使用交互式thinkaloud格式进行采访。 其余 访谈将使用标准的全国家庭调查进行， 药物滥用程序，被认为是最先进的， 必须衡量创新的控制条件。 在 此外，本研究还将评估其可行性和可接受性。 收集头发样本以核实调查结果的数目， 一般的人口。 根据调查结果， 改进流行病学调查研究程序 将对一般人群的药物使用情况进行评估。

The main objective of this proposal is to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative Interviewing strategy for the collection of self-report drug use information. This administration style, referred to as interactive thinkaloud interviewing, Is grounded in current understandings of the cognitive processes that underlie responses to survey questions. This interview format will provide interviewers with a set of skills and techniques designed to aid respondent comprehension, recall and judgment formation while minimizing response editing. It is hypothesized that this interview format will significantly improve both the reporting and accuracy of drug use. A sample of approximately 600 ethnically diverse adults in the City of Chicago between the ages of 18-34 will be interviewed face-to-face. Using random assignment, one-half will be interviewed using the interactive thinkaloud format. The remaining interviews would be conducted using standard National Household Survey on Drug Abuse procedures, which are considered state-of-the-art and the control condition against which innovations must be measured. In addition, this study will also evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the collection of hair specimens for validation of survey responses in a general population. Based upon findings, recommendations with respect to the improvement of survey research procedures for the epidemiological assessment of drug use in the general population will be made.