Crawford Karen, Russell Lynda, Graham Sharon, Turner Fiona
Mental Health and Wellbeing, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 4;14:1204882. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1204882. eCollection 2023.
Women with addiction issues are under-researched, despite previous evidence that women's needs are less understood than men's and that services can overlook gender-specific issues. The majority of women in treatment are mothers and a significant number have contact with child welfare services. The voices of these women are needed to shape and influence evidence-based treatment and service development.
To examine reasons and rationale for participation in research in mothers with addiction issues and involvement with the child welfare system.
Reflexive thematic analysis was used on interview transcripts from two qualitative studies. Individual themes from each study were combined and analysed to develop themes covering both studies and at different timepoints in process of child welfare assessment or removal of child/ren.
Three themes were identified (1) altruism; (2) personal benefit; and (3) empowerment. These mothers wanted to help with research. However, they also participated with the hope that this might facilitate the return of their children or help them to access support or services. A change over time was evident and, in those further down the line from child removal, there was a stronger want for their voices to be heard in order to advocate for other women and create change in services.
尽管先前有证据表明女性的需求比男性更不为人所理解，且服务可能会忽视特定性别的问题，但对有成瘾问题的女性的研究却不足。接受治疗的女性大多数是母亲，而且相当一部分人与儿童福利服务机构有接触。需要这些女性的声音来塑造和影响循证治疗及服务发展。
探讨有成瘾问题的母亲参与研究以及与儿童福利系统打交道的原因和基本原理。
对两项定性研究的访谈记录进行反思性主题分析。将每项研究的个别主题合并并分析，以形成涵盖两项研究以及儿童福利评估或儿童被带走过程中不同时间点的主题。
确定了三个主题：（1）利他主义；（2）个人利益；（3）赋权。这些母亲希望帮助进行研究。然而，她们参与也是希望这可能有助于她们的孩子回归，或帮助她们获得支持或服务。随着时间的推移，情况明显发生了变化，在孩子被带走时间更长的那些母亲中，她们更强烈地希望自己的声音能被听到，以便为其他女性发声并推动服务变革。
