The aims of CALDAR are to:
- increase knowledge of longitudinal patterns of drug addiction
and their interplay with HIV infection, drug treatment, and other
service systems (e.g., mental health, criminal justice, welfare,
medical care);
- enhance the quality and efficiency of research conducted by
Center-supported projects by providing centralized support to
serve common project functions;
- provide opportunities for scientific collaboration and cross-project
analyses, stimulating conceptual development and integration,
and advancing improved research methodologies and statistical
approaches; and
- enhance the relevance and application of longitudinal research
on drug use by facilitating dissemination of integrated project
findings to a variety of communities.
