Characteristics of clients entering women-only substance use treatment services in New South Wales
| Title: | Characteristics of clients entering women-only substance use treatment services in New South Wales |
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| Authors: | Natalia Uthurralt, Felicia Miao Cao, Sharon E Reid, Latha Nithyanandam, Lucy Burns, Carolyn A Day |
| Source: | Women's Health, Vol 19 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine |
| More Details: | Background: Women experiencing substance use disorders face barriers to treatment, including childcare, stigma and lack of gender/trauma-informed programming. Several non-government organizations in New South Wales run women-only treatment services to address these needs. Objectives: We aim to assess characteristics of women entering treatment in these services. Design: Data on client characteristics from six women-only non-government organization substance use disorder treatment services in New South Wales between 2014 and 2018 were extracted from a database containing demographics, drug use and treatment characteristics and psychological distress (Kessler-10 scale) of women entering the services. Logistic regression models were used to estimate unadjusted odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio for treatment completion and different drugs on entry. Results: Data were available for 1357 women. Most (91%) episodes were for residential treatment. Women’s mean age was 35.4 years (standard deviation = 9.8; range = 17–67). Residential clients tended to be younger than non-residential clients (35.1 vs 38.5 years, p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1745-5065 17455057 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1745-5065 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17455057231200133 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/64cb538735e14d8299c53f08f229e7a4 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.64cb538735e14d8299c53f08f229e7a4 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17455065 17455057 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/17455057231200133 |
| Published in: | Women's Health |
| Language: | English |