ABSTRACT
A study comparing characteristics of women in special women's demonstration drug abuse treatment programs with those in selected co-sex programs. Black and White women in women's programs differ from those entering more traditional programs in their referral sources, types and degree of social and financial support, use of community resources, living arrangements, and patterns of criminal involvement and drug use. The need for women's programs, and treatment, policy, and research implications are discussed.
Subject(s)
Substance-Related Disorders/psychology , Women/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Black or African American/psychology , Crime , Educational Status , Employment , Family , Female , Health Services , Humans , Income , Methadone/therapeutic use , Sexual Behavior , Substance-Related Disorders/therapy , Therapeutic Community , White People/psychologyABSTRACT
Recent substance abuse literature discusses the measurement of heroin abuse prevalence using an indirect method of indicator analysis. Medical and legal indicators are assumed to be related to each other and to prevalence in specific directions. The present study tests the relationship between six commonly used indicators. The results indicate that not all assumed relationships are obtained in the predicted direction and implications of this for future prevalence study are discussed.
