Gender-Responsive Treatment for Women Offenders - 1

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Substance Abuse Problem

Treatments

Behavioral: Women-Only

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00249613

R01DA016277 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NIDA-16277-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether substance abuse treatment designed specifically for drug-dependent women offenders provides better outcomes than standard drug court treatment (mixed-gender programs).

Full description

In this five-year study, a total of 300 women entering court-referred treatment throughout Los Angeles County and who agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to a women-focused or to a mixed-gender outpatient treatment program. The study will assess the impact of women-focused substance abuse treatment using outcome measures including recidivism, substance abuse and relapse, and social adjustment (e.g., employment, parenting behaviors, psychological improvement, and HIV risk reduction behaviors), compared to the impact of traditional mixed-gender programs. Assessments will occur at baseline and at 1 month, 12 months, and 24 months after admission.

Enrollment

291 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Drug court participant
At least eighteen (18) years old
Have had no more than three prior non-violent, non-drug felony convictions
Do not have a current charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or a charge of sale or transportation of drugs

Exclusion criteria