Harm Reduction for Women in Treatment for Alcohol Use Problems: Exploring the Impact of Dominant Addiction Discourse.
Qual Health Res
; 31(1): 54-69, 2021 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32985360
ABSTRACT
The objectives of this study were to profile the landscape of women's alcohol use programs in Canada. We explored service users' and providers' beliefs about alcohol use problems and how this affected treatment choices for alcohol use problems. Data were collected through standardized measures alongside in-depth semi-structured narrative interviews in six women's alcohol treatment sites in Canada. Findings demonstrated that service users and service providers often supported an abstinence choice and were ambivalent about the viability of controlled or managed use in both abstinence- and harm reduction-based programs. Findings showed that women service users in this study had significant rates of trauma and depression which were associated with their alcohol use; the majority still adopted dominant alcohol addiction discourse which emphasizes the need for abstinence. We offer a number of recommendations to improve the viability of harm reduction for alcohol use in women's treatment programs.
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Texto completo:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Aditivo
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Alcoolismo
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Health Res
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá