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Commonly Used Measures of Methamphetamine Programs/Strategies

Process Measures

Treatment

• Number of treatment admissions (e.g., first time and returning)
• Number of treatment discharges
• Number of days in treatment
• Number of hospital admissions
• Number of group sessions provided
• Number of individual sessions provided
• Number of urine tests completed
• Type of group sessions provided (e.g., individual counseling, life skills, relapse prevention, or narcotics anonymous)
• Type of treatment admission (e.g., inpatient only, outpatient only, or inpatient and outpatient)

Prevention

• Number of sessions attended by youth
• Number of sessions attended by parents
• Type of prevention program attended (e.g., Life Skills Training)
• Number of times public service announcements aired

MethWatch

• Number of partnership meetings
• Number of public awareness campaigns
• Level of media coverage
• Number of advocacy efforts

Law Enforcement

• Number of meth lab seizures
• Amount of meth seized
• Number of meth investigations conducted
• Number of meth search warrants issued
• Number of meth-related arrests
• Number of officers trained
• Number and type of enforcement strategies used
• Percent change in drug hotline calls
• Type of technology used (e.g., fingerprint collection and analysis)

Legislation

• Number of meth lab seizures
• Number of trainings provided to pharmacies on new laws
• Number of individuals registered to dispense controlled drugs

Outcome Measures

Treatment

• Abstinence rates (measured by urinalysis testing)
• Percent decrease in psychiatric problems
• Percent decrease in medical problems
• change in family relationships
• Percentage of meth negative urine samples
• Number of days without meth use
• Percentage completing drug court
• Percentage completing methamphetamine treatment
• Percentage asked to discontinue treatment (mostly for disciplinary reasons)
• Percentage employed after treatment
• Percentage arrested on any offense
• Percentage arrested on a felony offense
• Percentage convicted of any offense
• Percentage convicted of a felony offense
• Frequency of committing crimes (while in treatment)
• Average corrections system costs per meth drug court client

Prevention

• Rate of meth use in the past year
• Rate of lifetime meth use
• Change in perceptions of risks posed by meth use

MethWatch

• Rate of meth use in the past 30 days
• Perceived availability of meth
• Percentage of friends who use meth
• Percentage with favorable attitudes toward meth use
• Percent change in awareness of campaign-sponsored anti-drug ads

Law Enforcement

• Percent change in the supply of meth
• Percent change in meth labs
• Percent change in injuries occurring at meth lab clean ups
• Percent change in toxic dump sites
• Percent change in drug arrests
• Change in violence attributable to meth distribution
• Percent change in number of children removed to protective custody
• Change in drug purity
• Change in drug prices

Legislation

• Percent change in treatment admissions (e.g., to outpatient drug-free programs and residential programs)
• Percent change in first time admissions
• Percent change in meth arrests
• Percent change in hospital admissions
• Percent change in meth-related deaths
• Percent decrease in meth lab seizures
• Decrease in meth production

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