Study title

Interviews on Substance Abuse Prevention and Gambling Harm 2016-2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3341

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3341
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3341

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Kesänen, Minna (National Institute for Health and Welfare. Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit)
• Pietilä, Eija (National Institute for Health and Welfare. Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit)
• Selin, Jani (National Institute for Health and Welfare. Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit)

Abstract

The study charted how substance abuse prevention, especially prevention of gambling problems, was provided in three regions in Finland. The aim of the study was to examine how different regions had enacted the new substance abuse prevention law, which came into effect in December 2015, ruling that drug substance abuse prevention should be provided as a part of public services. In each region, individual interviews from social welfare and health care managers as well as group interviews from substance abuse prevention groups and other preventive service workers were collected. The data include 16 individual interviews and 14 group interviews, where the group size varied between two and twelve persons. The interviews were conducted in the same regions in 2016 and 2017. Some of the interviewees participated during both years, but excluding two managers, the interviews given by the same participants cannot be connected to each other. The funding for the study was included in the framework agreement between the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) according to which THL manages gambling problem prevention, treatment development and research into the issue. The funding is based on section 52 in the Lottery Act.

The interviews charted local knowledge on gambling problems, the kinds of substance abuse prevention that were provided in the region and the aspects the interviewees saw as local strengths or weaknesses both generally in substance abuse prevention and specifically in the prevention of gambling problems. The key actors in the region and the role of businesses and authorities in substance abuse prevention were also charted. The substance abuse prevention law was examined through the viewpoint of local execution. The interviewees discussed the themes of the interview through their own work. In the 2017 interviews, the prevention of gambling problems was more heavily focused on. The implications of the forthcoming social welfare and health reform (sote) on providing substance abuse prevention were also discussed in 2017.

Background information included the date of the interview and the interviewee's occupational status. Persons who worked in the same region can be connected. Information on the gender of the interviewees was not collected, but according to the researchers, approximately 80 percent of the participants were women. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

development; drug education; gambling; social services

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Legislation and legal systems (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Pietilä, Eija (National Institute for Health and Welfare. Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit)

Collection Dates

• Spring 2016 ( 2016 )
• Summer 2017 ( 2017 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Organization/Institution

Universe

Key actors in substance abuse prevention in three different regions in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

The coordinators of substance abuse prevention helped invite key actors in their regions to the interviews. In the three regions chosen for the study, substance abuse prevention has been provided according to established structures, but in different ways.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

30 files in TXT format. Additionally, an HTML file was formed from the data at FSD.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of individuals, all direct identifiers such as interviewee names and references to the gender of the respondent have been removed from the data. Additionally, information about municipalities and regions such as local organisation and business names have been removed, coarsened or given pseudonyms. The changes were marked with [square brackets].

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Kesänen, Minna (National Institute for Health and Welfare) & Pietilä, Eija (National Institute for Health and Welfare) & Selin, Jani (National Institute for Health and Welfare): Interviews on Substance Abuse Prevention and Gambling Harm 2016-2017 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2019-07-30). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3341; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3341

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Selin, Jani, Pietilä, Eija & Kesänen, Minna (2018). Rahapelihaittojen ehkäisyn paikallinen toimeenpano ehkäisevän päihdetyön järjestämistä koskevan lain jälkeen. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 83 (5-6), 506-517. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2018112949444

Selin, Jani, Kesänen, Minna & Pietilä, Eija (2019). Barriers and facilitators for the implementation of the integrated public policy for alcohol, drug, tobacco, and gambling prevention: A qualitative study. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2019.1595527