COMMUNITY BASED CARE

Delivery Of Community Based Care



Delivery Of Community Based Care

Introduction

Many women began in the drug because their sexual partners used drugs. Research indicates that dependent women have great difficulty to stop smoking if their partners are using drugs. The main services that women require in treatment for their substance abuse problems are: attention to other problems related to the use / abuse of other substances, gynecological care, psychiatric care, information and advice on problems of violence, legal advice certain civil matters such as separation and divorce, social support and care services for children, health promotion and advisory work and / or education.

Drug addiction is a serious health problem, chronic and recurrent for both men and women, but among women abuse and drug dependence may have different problems and require different treatment interventions. There are also differences between men and women who are in treatment, for example, are less likely for women to study and have jobs and are more likely to have other health problems, with a history of attempted suicide and suffered sexual abuse or other physical abuse (Atkinson, 2006). Women with a history of sexual abuse, have lower rates of retention in treatment, even in those treatments that provide care for children.

An important factor to consider in the treatment of addicted women is to have a continuous follow-up support to prevent relapse. Higher rates of treatment failure in women have been reported, partly because they often come to treatment alone, either because the family does not know the situation, either because they provide support or either because they think they can afford treatment on their own. What occurs is an early abandonment of treatment. We have also found that women have more psychiatric treatment, medical and social than men (Atkinson, 2006). Women diagnosed with mental disorders and substance abuse presents a variety of difficulties that require multiple interventions (health problems, unstable housing, homelessness, history of sexual abuse).

Discussion

Delivery of community based care

Community-Based Care and Return to Custody in a National Sample of Substance-Abusing Women Offenders

In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published a Declaration on Women's Health in Prison. Under the declaration, these organizations recognized that the special needs of women and their health often overlooked in prison policies (Barzilai, Gad, 2003). Among the recommendations highly relevant to the work done at the federal level in Canada is that prerelease preparations be adequately planned and provided to ensure continuity of care and access to health and other services after release. The care program that we describe and appraise is part of a holistic treatment program designed to ensure that women connected to drug abuse treatment after release from prison. The prevalence of substance misuse in Canada is approximately 11%. A recent national survey found that, between 1994 and 2004, the proportion of Canadians who reported having used an illicit drug in their lifetime rose from 28% to 45% (Barzilai, Gad, ...