Predictors of substance abuse treatment need and receipt among homeless women

Abstract Many homeless women do not receive needed treatment for substance abuse. This study identified social network and other predisposing factors associated with perceived need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment among 273 homeless women who screened positive for past-year substance abu...

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Published in:Journal of substance abuse treatment 2011-04, Vol.40 (3), p.287-294
Main Authors: Tucker, Joan S., Ph.D, Wenzel, Suzanne L., Ph.D, Golinelli, Daniela, Ph.D, Zhou, Annie, M.S, Green, Harold D., Ph.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Arrests
Biological and medical sciences
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Needs and Demand
Homeless
Homeless people
Homeless Persons - statistics & numerical data
Homeless women
Humans
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Mental health services
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sexual Partners - psychology
Social network
Social networks
Social Support
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Treatment
Treatment needs
Treatments
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Many homeless women do not receive needed treatment for substance abuse. This study identified social network and other predisposing factors associated with perceived need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment among 273 homeless women who screened positive for past-year substance abuse. Perceived treatment need was more likely among women with drug-using sex partners, a denser network, and an arrest history but less likely for those with a minor child and a longer history of homelessness. Receiving treatment was more likely among women who received informational support from their sex partners and who had an arrest history but less likely among those who had a more street-based social network, had a minor child, considered themselves homeless, and recently needed mental health treatment. Treatment services researchers should attend more closely to social contextual factors, as well as the more traditional individual factors, to understand access and barriers to treatment.
ISSN:0740-5472
1873-6483
DOI:10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.006