CATI
Respondent
Questions
N-SSATS
Background
Blaise
Usage
Misc.
100
Another name for the master facility that often contains the administrative office for a large multi-site organization
What is the parent facility?
100
The reference date for N-SSATS.
What is March 31st?
100
A private social policy research firm in Princeton, NJ, that conducts the NSSATS data collection.
What is Mathematica Policy Research?
100
These items cause the Blaise system to convert notes to Wing Dings.
What are special characters ($, %, @, etc.)?
100
The supplemental survey launched this year, geared only to a small sample of NSSATS facilities.
What is the OTP, or Opiod Treatment Program, survey?
200
You do this if a Respondent is not available to talk right now but would like to tomorrow.
What is set an appointment?
200
The response to why a respondent should complete N-SSATS.
What is 1) the locator, 2) providing federal, state and local policymakers with information to inform policy discussions?
200
Where all eligible facilities can be listed after completing NSSATS.
What is the National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs, or the Locator?
200
This is how you handle a situation where a respondent wants to complete the survey with you tomorrow but cannot today.
What is set an appointment?
200
How a facility can become directory eligible.
What is contacting your state representative?
300
The approximate size of the NSSATS sample.
What is 17,000 facilities?
300
What you should do if someone says they do not provide substance abuse services.
What is tell them we still need to hear from them, but the survey will be significantly shorter. We'll only have a few questions to screen them out of our sample...?
300
The branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that sponsors N-SSATS.
What is SAMHSA, or the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
300
This Blaise format type indicates that reading the text to a respondent is optional.
What is non-bold text?
300
This is the correct pronunciation of buprenorphine.
What is buprenorphine (byou - pre - NOR - feen)?
400
The only questions where you are not required to read all the bold answer choices.
What is A5?
400
The major mailings that facilities have received from N-SSATS so far.
What is the advance letter, 1st packet mailing, 2nd packet mailing (including questionnaire).
400
The prime contractor for N-SSATS.
What is Synectics?
400
What you do if a respondent does not know the answer to a non-critical question.
What is click the "don't know" button (question mark).
400
Two drugs used at OTPs for the treatment of opiate addiction.
What are methadone and buprenorphine?
500
This approach provides a framework for substance abuse users to obtain the ability to cease drug use, stay in treatment, and participate in an educational program on addiction and relapse.
What is matrix model?
500
The N-SSATS helpline number respondents can call with questions or comments.
What is 1-888-324-8337.
500
This person is the N-SSATS Survey Director. She is currently on maternity leave.
Who is Melissa Krakowiecki?
500
This icon lets you know that Blaise text is just for your information.
What is the mail box symbol?
500
The phrase that describes a facility reporting client counts for multiple facilities.
What are rolled up/or combined client counts?