Gender disparities in utilization and outcome of comprehensive substance abuse treatment among racial/ethnic groups |
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Authors: | Erick G. Guerrero Jeanne C. Marsh Dingcai Cao Hee-Choon Shin Christina Andrews |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089;2. School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612;4. National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782;5. College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 |
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Abstract: | This study examined gender differences within Black, Latino, and White subgroups in the utilization of comprehensive services and their relation to posttreatment substance use. Survey data were collected during the National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES), a prospective, longitudinal, multisite study of substance abuse treatment programs and their clients in the United States. The analytic sample consisted of 1,812 Blacks (734 women and 1,078 men), 486 Latinos (147 women and 339 men), and 844 Whites (147 women and 339 men) from 59 service delivery organizations. Results related to service utilization indicated that compared to men, women in all racial and ethnic groups needed and received more services targeted to their needs and reported more positive relations with service providers. Gender was a significant moderator of the relationship between service receipt and treatment outcomes for all racial and ethnic groups, but especially for the Latino subsample. Findings point to the need to consider race-specific gender differences in the development of culturally competent, comprehensive substance abuse treatment. |
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Keywords: | Gender Race/Ethnicity Comprehensive services Service utilization Treatment outcome Moderator |
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