Measurement of gender-sensitive treatment for women in mixed-gender substance abuse treatment programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender-sensitive (GS) substance abuse treatment services have emerged in response to the multidimensional profile of problems that women display upon admission to substance abuse treatment. The present study examines the extent to which treatment programs vary in GS programming for women in real-world mixed-gender treatment settings, where most women are treated.

Methods

Data were collected through site visits using semi-structured interviews with program directors, clinical directors, and counselors in 13 mixed-gender treatment programs from Washington State. Rasch modeling techniques were used to analyze the data.

Results

Naturally occurring variation was revealed within and across the treatment programs, and demonstrated that reliable measures of three G

SUBMITTER: Tang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3319845 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature