NACD
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Email: nacd@nacd.ie
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Family support study
Research brief:
To assess family support services and their potential to contribute to the prevention
of drug problems.
Tender awarded to:
Tender awarded to Mr Duane Byrne and Niall Watters, Unique Perspectives Research,
Evaluation and Strategy Consultants.
Progress:
Building on the work of Dr Mark Morgan in his recent review of drug prevention research
(Morgan, 2001) and on Dr Kieran McKeown's earlier review of family support services in Ireland
(McKeown, 2000), the Prevention Sub-Committee decided to initiate research to explore the potential
of family support work as a means of preventing drug problems.
The research will examine:
- the extent to which current services explicitly identify drug problems
as a target of their activities;
- the extent to which family support work (that is both work being done by drug
agencies and general family support work which does not explicitly identify drug issues
as one of its targets) may be judged to play a positive role in the prevention of
drug problems; and
- the potential for expanding the scope of family support so as to enhance
its capacity with regard to drug prevention. A Research Advisory Group has been
appointed to support and monitor the project. A project objectives document
was developed and the fieldwork took place between November 2002 and June 2003.
The final draft report was considered by the NACD in July 2004 and recommendations
were made to Government. The report was published in November 2004.
Published:
November 2004.
Dissemination:
Extensive dissemination has taken place including to the 450 groups that participated
in research and to senior officials in Government. Copies of the report
are available on the web or from the office.
See published report: The Role of Family Support Services in
Drug Prevention
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