A review of Brazilian scientific output on crack--contributions to the political agenda.
OBJECTIVE
scientific literature about crack abuse published in Brazilian journals indexed in SCIELO.


OBJECTIVE
systematic review of literature treating findings as a framework for agenda-setting orienting policy decision makers.


METHODS
SCIELO online journals research since 02/06/2013 on tag crack as "key word searched" and in indexes as "research amplitude". An amount of 199 references were identified and their abstracts were analyzed getting to a final group of 59 articles specifically studying crack issues in Brazil.


METHODS
institutional criteria (journal, subject area, and publishing time) and analytical categories created by the authors: "Social Risk", "Treatment", "Use/Abuse", "Profile", "Social Relations", and "Study".


RESULTS
crack use impact Brazilian journals since 2011; health field is prominent; articles about "Associated Risk" and "Treatment" prevail; SUS cannot face demand;investment improvement in CAP and harm reduction; therapeutic communities need to match with SUS standards; youngers, black people and poor express users profile; rave style use; repressive policies were not well succeeded; and multidisciplinary approach are necessary.
Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, rasga@ensp.fiocruz.br.
Marcelo Rasga
MR
Moreira
Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, rasga@ensp.fiocruz.br.
Fernando Manuel Bessa
FM
Fernandes
Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, rasga@ensp.fiocruz.br.
José Mendes
JM
Ribeiro
Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, rasga@ensp.fiocruz.br.
Thereza de Lamare
Tde L
Franco Neto
D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D016578:Crack Cocaine