DATA ARCHIVE ON MATERNAL DRUG ABUSE

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE OF TWO KINDS OF PRODUCTS: (1) EXEMPLARY DATASETS CONTAINING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENCE, ANTECEDENTS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE DURING THE PRE- AND POST-NATAL PERIOD; AND (2)ASSESSMENT TOOLS USED TO MEASURE SUCH INCIDENCE, ANTECEDENTS, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR MOTHER AND INFANT. POWERFUL SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL CAPABILITIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCHIVE. SELECTION OF DATASETS AND INSTRUMENTS TO INCLUDE IN THE COLLECTION WILL BE GUIDED BY A NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL OF SCIENTIST-EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. THE PROJECT SHOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING GOALS: (1) IT WILL ADVANCEINNOVATIONS DEVELOPED BY SOCIOMETRICS TO FACILITATE DATA SHARING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, EXTENDING THEM TO THE FIELD OF RESEARCH ON MATERNAL DRUG ABUSE; (2) IT WILL INCLUDE A NEW TYPE OF MACHINE-READABLE PRODUCT IN DATA ARCHIVES: MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; (3) IT WILL STIMULATE USE OF THE BEST BIOMEDICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH DATASETS ON PRE- AND POST-NATAL DRUG ABUSE, THUS AMORTIZING GENERALLY FORMIDABLE DATA COLLECTION COSTS OVER A GREATER NUMBER OF ANALYSES, FINDINGS, AND INSIGHTS; (4) IT WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THESE DATASETS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EDUCATION TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH; (5) IT WILL BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND DATA INTO THE HANDS OFRESEARCH DEPARTMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THE COLLECTION. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE OF TWO KINDS OF PRODUCTS: (1) EXEMPLARY DATASETS CONTAINING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENCE, ANTECEDENTS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE DURING THE PRE- AND POST-NATAL PERIOD; AND (2)ASSESSMENT TOOLS USED TO MEASURE SUCH INCIDENCE, ANTECEDENTS, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR MOTHER AND INFANT. POWERFUL SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL CAPABILITIES WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCHIVE. SELECTION OF DATASETS AND INSTRUMENTS TO INCLUDE IN THE COLLECTION WILL BE GUIDED BY A NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL OF SCIENTIST-EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. THE PROJECT SHOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING GOALS: (1) IT WILL ADVANCEINNOVATIONS DEVELOPED BY SOCIOMETRICS TO FACILITATE DATA SHARING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, EXTENDING THEM TO THE FIELD OF RESEARCH ON MATERNAL DRUG ABUSE; (2) IT WILL INCLUDE A NEW TYPE OF MACHINE-READABLE PRODUCT IN DATA ARCHIVES: MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; (3) IT WILL STIMULATE USE OF THE BEST BIOMEDICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH DATASETS ON PRE- AND POST-NATAL DRUG ABUSE, THUS AMORTIZING GENERALLY FORMIDABLE DATA COLLECTION COSTS OVER A GREATER NUMBER OF ANALYSES, FINDINGS, AND INSIGHTS; (4) IT WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THESE DATASETS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EDUCATION TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH; (5) IT WILL BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND DATA INTO THE HANDS OFRESEARCH DEPARTMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THE COLLECTION.