TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - The Extent of Substance Use Problems Among Women Partner Abuse Survivors Residing in a Domestic Violence Shelter JO - Family and community health A1 - Fowler, Dawnovise SP - S106 EP - S108 VL - 30 IS - Suppl 1 N2 - This study assessed the extent of substance use problems among a domestic violence shelter-based sample of intimate partner abuse (IPA) women survivors. One hundred two women participated in the study. Participants ranged from 18 to 62 years old, with a mean age of 35 (SD = 10.36). Findings are consistent with other studies on substance use problems among IPA women survivors. The findings support the need for shelter-based substance abuse assessment and intervention. Effective substance abuse assessments and interventions that are shelter-based advance services and treatment by more comprehensively meeting their needs for co-occurring, entangled problems. In the pilot, the effects of a standardized substance abuse intervention to decrease alcohol consumption and/or stop drug use among IPA women survivors with substance use problems will be compared to effects among a standard care group in the shelter. Pilot data will inform a federal application for a larger study. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

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