Substance Use in a Comparative Perspective : The Case of Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Romania and Slovakia.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
Intro -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Environmental Factors as Determinants of Substance Use -- 3. Risk Behavior in Comparative Perspective -- 4. Risk Behavior in Five Post-Communist Countries -- 5. Health-related Behavior at the Individual Level: Case Study of Substance Use -- Executive summary -- Appendix -- About authors -- References.
The book puts together different pieces of evidence on the developments of substance use in five post-communist countries over time. It builds a complex and reliable evidence base for empirical comparison and identifies evidence gaps. Such developments are analyzed and interpreted using an original theoretical framework and a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methodology.
9788024623382
Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Bulgaria. Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Czech Republic. Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Croatia. Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Romania. Substance abuse -- Social aspects -- Slovakia. Drug abuse -- Former communist countries. Drug abuse -- Social aspects.