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Direct linkGunn, Alana J.; Canada, Kelli E. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
This grounded theory study explores how women with histories of addiction perceive stigma while in treatment. In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 women participating in a residential drug treatment centre. Previous research has found that support from peers during recovery can be critical to managing illnesses. In fact, researchers have…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Females, Residential Programs, Drug Rehabilitation
Richardson, Gale A.; Larkby, Cynthia; Goldschmidt, Lidush; Day, Nancy L. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To investigate the direct effects of prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) on adolescent drug use, while controlling for other predictors of adolescent use. Method: Data are from a longitudinal study of PCE in which women and their offspring were assessed throughout childhood. Adolescents were interviewed at 15 years about their age at…
Descriptors: Violence, Child Abuse, Prenatal Influences, Drug Abuse
Download full textSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009
Although many factors may influence the initiation of drug or alcohol use, the perception of risk associated with these behaviors also varies by gender, age, and type of drug. Understanding the different patterns of risk perceptions that emerge during adolescent development may help to better target health communication messages and increase the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Intervention, Smoking, Females
Felix-Ortiz, Maria; Newcomb, Michael D. – 1989
Changing alcohol and drug use patterns among women and ethnic minorities, such as the over-representation of Hispanics in alcohol-related deaths, drunk driving arrests, and treatment facilities, emphasize the importance of understanding substance use patterns in these populations. This study attempted to identify a single cause of substance abuse…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Cocaine
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. – 2001
CASAWORKS for Families is the first national demonstration program to provide simultaneously drug and alcohol treatment; literacy, job, parenting, and social skills training; family violence prevention; and health care to help substance-abusing welfare parents recover. Its mission is to help women on welfare with substance abuse problems achieve…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Drug Rehabilitation, Females, Interpersonal Competence
Yarber, William L.; Milhausen, Robin; Crosby, Richard A.; DiClemente, Ralph J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2002
This analysis determined the association between 13 selected health risk and protective factors and reporting two or more lifetime sexual intercourse partners and non-condom use for last coitus among sexually experienced U.S. rural high school students. The sample was 569 sexually experienced adolescent females and 561 sexually experienced…
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Marijuana, At Risk Persons
