Hanke P J, Faupel C E
Department of Sociology, Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5209.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 1993 Nov-Dec;10(6):513-22. doi: 10.1016/0740-5472(93)90054-6.
This paper focuses on the treatment experiences of women opiate users in New York City. Historically, drug research has used male samples, and drug treatment programs have been based upon the concerns of men. Treatment counselors and administrators are typically male, and female clients are frequently outnumbered by male clients. In addition, unique needs of women are not addressed. Primary among these needs is child care, a provision that is not a standard feature of most programs. Additionally, many women opiate users may be in dysfunctional families and/or have histories of sexual victimization that may require special counselling. Using data from 208 women drug users who had been in an opiate treatment program, this paper examines their perceptions of the extent to which these programs incorporate women's distinctive concerns and the degree to which such provisions are affected by the perceived numbers of women clients in these programs.
本文聚焦于纽约市女性阿片类药物使用者的治疗经历。从历史上看，药物研究采用的是男性样本，药物治疗项目也是基于男性的关注点制定的。治疗顾问和管理人员通常为男性，女性客户的数量常常少于男性客户。此外，女性的独特需求未得到解决。这些需求中最主要的是儿童保育，这一条件并非大多数项目的标准配置。此外，许多女性阿片类药物使用者可能来自功能失调的家庭，和/或有性侵犯史，这可能需要特殊的咨询服务。本文利用来自208名曾参加阿片类药物治疗项目的女性吸毒者的数据，研究了她们对这些项目在多大程度上纳入了女性的独特关注点的看法，以及这些条件在多大程度上受到这些项目中女性客户数量的影响。
