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Societal factors in substance use among women

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
Women may face distinct factors that increase risk of substance abuse or inhibit treatment. This session presents recent work to better understand the conditions giving rise to substance use disorders, and treatment challenges, among women. Presentations focus on at-risk populations such as sex workers, pregnant women, and those who’ve experienced violence and trauma or live in impoverished neighborhoods.
Session Objectives: Discuss experienced trauma and psychological distress affecting substance using women. Evaluate effects of referral sources and substance abuse treatment settings on treatment completion among women of childbearing age. Describe community outreach strategies to reduce injection drug use among sex workers and criminal justice involved women. Identify gender sensitive predictors of retention in opioid substitution treatment among long-term opioid dependent men and women.
Moderator:
Linda J Frazier, BS, MA, RN, MCHES

4:30pm
Trauma prevalence and psychological distress among substance using women   
Wichada Hantanachaikul, MPH, CHES, Bridget Rogala, MPH, MCHES, Tyler Carroll, AA, CATC II, Eric Johnson and Kathryn Romo, BA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
4:50pm
Pregnant women's substance abuse treatment completion rates: Effects of referral sources and treatment settings   
Young Ik Cho, PhD, Timothy Johnson, PhD, Michael Fendrich, PhD and Lillian Pickup, RN
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:10pm
Decreasing injection drug use among sex workers and criminal justice involved women   
Sara-Ann Steber, Ph.D. and Domenica Personti, LCDP, MMHC, ICADC, ICCDP-D, CAMF, CPS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:30pm
Gender sensitive predictors of retention in opioid substitution treatment among long-term opioid users   
Heather Palis, PhD Candidate, Kirsten Marchand, PhD Candidate, Jill Fikowski, MPH Candidate, Scott Harrison, MA, Martin Schechter, OBC MD PhD FRSC FCAHS and Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, PhD
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Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Caucus, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Caucus on Homelessness, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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