Titre : | Rural-urban differences in substance use and treatment utilization among prisoners |
Titre traduit : | (Variations entre milieu rural et milieu urbain de l'usage de drogues et de l'utilisation de traitement parmi une population de prisonniers) |
Auteurs : | B. D. WARNER ; C. G. LEUKEFELD |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2001 |
Format : | 265-280 |
Note générale : |
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (The), 2001, 27, (2), 265-280
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Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés MILIEU RURAL ; MILIEU URBAIN ; COMPARAISON ; ALCOOL ; CONSOMMATION ; TRAITEMENT ; PRISON |
Résumé : | Surveys of incarcerated offenders and arrestees consistently report high rates of both alcohol and drug use in this population. This drug-crime connection has highlighted the need to learn more not only about drug treatment effectiveness, but also about drug treatment utilization. While studies have begun to examine drug treatment utilization, most of these studies have been based on urban substance abusers. Little is known about the extent to which urban and rural substance abusers may be different in terms of treatment utilization. This study, therefore, examines differences between urban and rural drug use patterns and treatment utilization among chronic drug abusers to determine whether, and in what ways, rurality may affect substance abuse and treatment seeking. The study examines these issues in a group of chronic drug users who were incarcerated at the time of the study. Findings show significant differences in drug use and treatment utilization of urban and rural offenders. Chronic drug abusers from rural and very rural areas have significantly higher rates of lifetime drug use, as well as higher rates of drug use in the 30 days prior to their current incarceration than chronic drug abusers from urban areas. Nonetheless, being from a very rural area decreased the likelihood of having ever been in treatment after controlling for the number of years using and race. While problem recognition appears to explain much of the effect of very rural residence on treatment utilization for alcohol abuse, the effects of being from a very rural area on seeking treatment for drug abuse remain statistically significant even after controlling for several other variables. The findings point to the importance of providing culturally appropriate education to very rural communities on the benefits of substance abuse treatment and of providing substance abuse treatment within the criminal justice system. (Author's abstract) |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : |
Department Criminal Justice Policing, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 901077 |
Centre Emetteur : | 09 AMPT |
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