title: A model for assessing and improving drug abuse treatment resource use in inner-city areas.
abstract: While the field of drug use research has grown increasingly sophisticated theoretically and methodologically, there continues to be a need to improve our understanding of how drug abuse treatment programs relate to the communities they serve. In addressing this need, the present paper develops a research model, incorporating systems theory concepts, which provides a framework for evaluating how the relationships of drug abuse treatment programs to various consumer and community interest groups affect their performance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003256:Community Participation; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009519:New York City; D011639:Public Opinion; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D014505:Urban Population