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Risk factors, attendance, and abstinence patterns of low-income women in perinatal addiction treatment: lessons from
1Project Hope, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA. dnardi@haw1.iun.indiana.edu
The purpose of this article is to describe the risk factors, attendance, and abstinence patterns of 40 women who attended a model outpatient perinatal addiction treatment program throughout the 5 years it was funded. Data were regularly collected through use of semistructured interviews, randomly scheduled urine toxicology tests, document reviews, and self-reports, in a descriptive field study design. Mean age of the women was 29 years. They remained in the program an average of 7.89 months. A majority had two or more children, most (90%) were single parents, and 70% were currently in an abusive relationship. Abstinence was positively associated with length of time in the program (r = .4208; p < .01). Attendance was also positively correlated with length of stay (r = .6723; p < .001) as well as abstinence (r = .4454; p < .01). Results suggest that program attendance can be a powerful influence on abstinence, even in the face of the environmental stressors and developmental risk factors that place each woman at increased risk of relapse.
The purpose of this article is to describe the risk factors, attendance, and abstinence patterns of 40 women who attended a model outpatient perinatal addiction treatment program throughout the 5 years it was funded. Data were regularly collected through use of semistructured interviews, randomly scheduled urine toxicology tests, document reviews, and self-reports, in a descriptive field study design. Mean age of the women was 29 years. They remained in the program an average of 7.89 months. A majority had two or more children, most (90%) were single parents, and 70% were currently in an abusive relationship. Abstinence was positively associated with length of time in the program (r = .4208; p < .01). Attendance was also positively correlated with length of stay (r = .6723; p < .001) as well as abstinence (r = .4454; p < .01). Results suggest that program attendance can be a powerful influence on abstinence, even in the face of the environmental stressors and developmental risk factors that place each woman at increased risk of relapse.