TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Implementation of a family-centered treatment program for substance-abusing women and their children: barriers and resolutions
JO  - Journal of psychoactive drugs
A1  - Metsch, L. R.
A1  - Rivers, J. E.
A1  - Miller, M.
A1  - Bohs, R.
A1  - McCoy, Clyde B.
A1  - Morrow, C. J.
A1  - Bandstra, E. S.
A1  - Jackson, V.
A1  - Gissen, M.
SP  - 73
EP  - 83
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - Recent federal health financing and health care delivery programs have increased access to alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs for low-income women, and have provided intervention and prevention services for their children and families. The Village South Families in Transition (FIT) in Miami, Florida, implemented a residential treatment program for women and their children that aims to decrease alcohol and other drug use, reduce reliance on social and health welfare systems, improve functioning in specific life-skill and vocational areas, improve parenting techniques and maternal/child relations, and provide intervention and prevention services for the clients' children in a safe and supportive environment. Program implementation required resolutions to numerous barriers, including securing a facility for women and children; recruiting, hiring and training of staff; establishing and maintaining community linkages; treatment considerations; balancing treatment versus evaluation/research; and critical decisions faced by treatment staff as they modify client-centered programs to incorporate gender-specific and family-centered programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0279-1072
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -