1st Edition
Women and Substance Abuse Gender Transparency
300 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Women and Substance Abuse: Gender Transparency you’ll see what can be done to aid women in some of the world’s hardest hit substance abuse hubs, including Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New Haven, Connecticut. Filled with timely research and practical solutions, this volume shows you what you can do to aid the tremendous and immediate need for specialized interventions... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- Drug Use and Risks for HIV/AIDS Among Indigent Women in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Temporal Trends in HIV Risk Behaviors Among Out-of-Treatment Women Crack Users: The Need for Drug Treatment
- Drug Use Patterns of Substance Abusing Women: Gender and Ethnic Differences in an AIDS Prevention Program
- Differences Found Between Women Injectors In and Out of Treatment: Implications for Interventions
- Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Drug-Using Women Who Are In and Out of Treatment
- How Are Women Who Enter Substance Abuse Treatment Different than Men? A Gender Comparison from the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS)
- Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Gonorrhea Among Alaskan Drug Users
- Women and Violence: A Different Look
- Physicians’ Assessment of Drug Use and Other HIV Risk Behavior: Reports by Female Drug Users
- Revealing Drug Use to Prenatal Providers: Who Tells or Who Is Asked?
- Pregnancy Among Women with a History of Injection Drug Use
- Developing Comprehensive Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Treatment for Women
- Residential Treatment for Women: Behavioral and Psychological Outcomes
- Residential Treatment for Drug Addicted Women and Their Children: Effective Treatment Strategies
- Gender Differences in the Economic Impacts of Clients Before, During, and After Substance Abuse Treatment
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Wexler, Harry K; Stevens, Sally J
