Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A Page: 1
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ANNEX - SUBCHAPTER V: ALCOHOL ABUSE
This annex contains background information references and current data
describing the alcohol abuse situation in Texas. The Texas Legislature has
placed the primary responsibility for this concern with the Texas Commission on
Alcoholism and that agency is the ultimate source of information and contact
point for inquiries on this topic.
Background Information References
1. County-Specific Prevalence Estimates of Adult Problem Drinking In Texas
(August, 1983), Miller, McWillilam, Tuckfeld and McCreuth, Center for Organiza-
tional Research and Evaluation Studies, T.C.U.; Source: Texas Ccmmission on
Alcoholism.
2. Secretarial Initiative on Teenage Alcohol Abuse/Youth Treatment Conference
(October, 1983), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, DHHS.
Excerpts From The TICA/'ICU Prevalence Study
In its effort to fulfill its state and federal legislative mandates, the Texas
Commission on Alcoholism (TCA) responds to a broad range of human service needs
through a continuum of concerns including prevention, intervention, treatment
and rehabilitation. Since it is unlikely that the State of Texas will ever have
enough resources to meet all the needs, one of TCA's functions, as state
alcoholism authority, is designing and implementing service programs that will
meet the most critical needs while gaining the greatest possible impact from
available resources. Essential ingredients in this planning are reliable,
valid, and sensitive data to be used in decision-making.
Until a few years ago, estimates of the prevalence of alcohol problems were
limited principally to crude predictions based on cirrhosis mortality or based
on small samples of national populations. Much of the data could not be used to
determine reliably how many persons in specific areas are in need of what types
of services. The broad methodologies and results have also not taken into
account the variation in problems by age, sex, ethnic background, and geographic
location.
A variety of approaches have been used, including estimating the levels of prob-
lems associated with alcohol misuse, focusing on "reasons for drinking" surveys,
the quantity-frequency indicators, the Jellinek formula, various alcohol
consumption models, and demographic studies. However, two major obstacles have
been experienced: (1) the data were too broad for planning at the community
level and (2) the broad formulae resulting from many of the studies were
inaccurate when applied to specific population groups.
In order to counter these obstacles and limitations, the Texas Cammission on
Alcoholism has contracted with the Center Organizational Research and Evaluation
Studies of Texas Christian University to provide county-specific estimates of
prevalence of alcohol abuse for the total population and for age, race, sex, and
ethnic specific populations for each of the 254 counties in Texas.1
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