Assessing Change in Psychosocial Functioning of Incarcerated Girls with a Substance Use Disorder: Gender Sensitive Substance Abuse Intervention

The Impact of Abuse Trauma on Alcohol and Drug Use: a Study of High-Risk Incarcerated Girls

“…However, substance use by girls who have experience with the juvenile justice system remains high. A review of the literature by Roberts-Lewis, Welch-Brewer, Jackson, Kirk, and Pharr (2010) finds rates of substance disorders among samples of incarcerated girls range between 60% and 87%. Alcohol or drug abuse was especially apparent in the year prior to their detention.…”

Exploring Promising Gender-Sensitive Tobacco and Alcohol Use Interventions: Results of a Scoping Review

“…Four of the six tobacco interventions (Bullock et al, 2009;Ferreira-Borges, 2005;McLeod et al, 2004;Reitzel et al, 2010) and 1 of the 13 alcohol interventions (Rasmussen et al, 2012) targeted pregnant women. Meanwhile, 8 of the 13 alcohol studies (de Guzman et al, 2006;Fang et al, 2010;Lewis & Neighbors, 2007;Rasmussen et al, 2012;Robert-Lewis et al, 2010;Schinke et al, 2009Schinke et al, , 2009aSchinke et al, , 2009bSchinke et al, , 2011 recognized that gender norms could play a significant role in alcohol treatment or prevention. Yet only one intervention (de Guzman et al, 2006) discussed how mothering may present barriers for treatment seeking including lack of access to child care, fear of losing children, stressful interactions with children, and disruption to the family system in parenting capacities as well as women's feelings of shame and guilt regarding their substance abuse (de Guzman et al, 2006).…”

“…Four of the tobacco interventions (Bullock et al, 2009;Ferreira-Borges, 2005;McLeod et al, 2004;WHO, 2007) and nine of the alcohol interventions (Connors & Walitzer, 2001;de Guzman et al, 2006;Fang et al, 2010;LaBrie et al, 2007;O'Donnell et al, 2010;Rasmussen et al, 2012;Robert-Lewis et al, 2010;Schinke et al, 2009Schinke et al, , 2011 engaged with the social determinants of women's health, primarily through a focus on improving social support. For example, Bullock et al (2009) conducted a social support intervention to reduce tobacco use that considered the needs of low-income women, with a particular focus on pregnancy and non-pregnancy-related stressors.…”

“…Most of the alcohol articles (69%) included minorities as the target population, including African American women (de Guzman et al, 2006;O'Donnell et al, 2010;Robert-Lewis et al, 2010), Latina (de Guzman et al, 2006O'Donnell et al, 2010), Asian women (Fang et al, 2010), Aboriginal women (Rasmussen et al, 2012), and/or multi-racial women (de Guzman et al, 2006). However, there was little to no discussion on how culture and race may affect the intervention or details on how the intervention was designed with diversity in mind.…”

“…Nine of the alcohol interventions(Fang, Schinke, & Cole, 2010;LaBrie, Thompson, Huchting, Lac, & Buckley, 2007;Lewis & Neighbors, 2007;O'Donnell, Myint, Duran, & Stueve, 2010;Robert-Lewis, Welch-Brewer, Jackson, Kirk, & Pharr, 2010;Schinke, Cole, & Fang, 2009;Schinke, Fang, & Cole, 2009aSchinke, Fang, Cole, & Cohen-Cutler, 2011) used the term "genderspecific" to describe their intervention and only Robert- used the term "gender-sensitive. "…”