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San Diego Quality Of Life Indices: Calculating The Social Indicators Of Risk And Protective Factors, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca
San Diego Quality Of Life Indices: Calculating The Social Indicators Of Risk And Protective Factors, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca
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A system of measurements, the San Diego Quality of Life Indices (SDCQOLI), is being developed and reported in response to the need of successful prevention of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs (ATOD) and ATOD service delivery. The purpose of the SDCQOLI is to serve as a utility for public policy applications (ATOD prevention and others), both community-sponsored and initiated by the San Diego County and local governments, in order to achieve the mission of the County of San Diego "...to improve the region's Quality of Life" (County of San Diego...).
Quality Of Life Community Collaborative Demographic Profiles, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca
Quality Of Life Community Collaborative Demographic Profiles, Risa Proehl, Irina V. Sharkova, Telesis Corporation, San Diego, Ca
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Demographic profiles have been created for at the regional and community levels for San Diego County. There is an individual demographic profile for each of 10 Community Collaboratives in San Diego County as a whole. The demographic profiles all have the same structure and consist of the same variables to provide consistency so that comparisons can be made between communities. The profiles were created to provide background information for a larger project, the development of Quality of Life Indices for the San Diego County Alcohol and Drug Services Agency.