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Factors associated with drug treatment entry patterns among Hispanic women injection drug users seeking treatment
(Facteurs associés au choix d'un type de traitement chez des femmes hispaniques consommatrices de drogues injectables en recherche de traitement.)
Auteur(s) :
LUNDGREN, L. M. ;
AMARO, H. ;
BEN-AMI, L.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
157-174
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
29
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
SEXE FEMININ
;
ETHNIE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
ORIENTATION
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
COMORBIDITE
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Note générale :
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2005, 5, (1/2), 157-174
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This paper examines patterns of drug treatment entry and factors that are associated with these patterns among 1,849 Hispanic women injection drug users (IDUs). The data analyzed originates from a statewide drug-treatment database covering seven years, 1996-2002. Through the use of logistic regression analyses, the study identified significant differences in predisposing, need and enabling factors in the use of detoxification only, residential treatment, or methadone maintenance. Compared to other Hispanics, Puerto Rican women were 40 percent less likely to use only detoxification services and one and a half times more likely to use methadone maintenance. Having health insurance was an especially important factor associated with methadone treatment utilization. Two of the most important factors associated with residential treatment use were history of mental health services utilization and involvement with the criminal justice system. This article discusses specific social work practice implications including the need for social work practitioners to promote services such as residential treatment, to be trained in treatment of co-occurring mental health disorders, especially among women in residential treatment, and the need to establish close linkages with the mental health and criminal justice systems. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
School of Social Work, Boston Univ., E-mail: llundgrebu.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.