Impact of Comprehensive Services in Substance Abuse Treatment for Women With a History of Intimate Partner Violence

• NCJ Number: 234810
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 17 Issue: 5 Dated: May 2011 Pages: 550-567
• Author(s): Christina M. Andrews; Dingcai Cao; Jeanne C. Marsh; Hee-Choon Shin
• Date Published: May 2011
• Length: 18 pages
• Grant Number(s): R01-DA018741-02
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined services for women with a history of intimate partner violence in substance abuse treatment.

Abstract

This study examines the impact of comprehensive services on posttreatment substance use among women with a history of intimate partner violence. The sample includes 1,123 women from 50 treatment facilities derived from the National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES). Generalized linear mixed modeling was used to determine whether a history of intimate partner violence moderates the association between service receipt and posttreatment substance use. Significant interactions were found between history of intimate partner violence and concrete (p = .016) and family services (p = .023) in predicting substance use. (Published Abstract)