American Behavioral Scientist articles from May 1998

American Behavioral Scientist archives from May 1998

The case for support services in substance abuse treatment.
May 1, 1998... In 1993, almost one million individuals were receiving specialized treatment for substance abuse in the United States (Department of Commerce, 1996), a number substantially lower than the number of people estimated to suffer from substance...

Health services research among crack-cocaine users.
May 1, 1998... A Case Study From the Midwest In the early 1980s, crack cocaine appeared simultaneously on the east and west coasts of the United States (Inciardi, 1987). By the mid-1980s, the drug had swept across the country in epidemic fashion, emerging...

Use of health care services in a sample of drug-involved offenders: a comparison with national norms.
May 1, 1998... Prior to the onset of the AIDS epidemic, drug users experienced mortality rates of 10 to 15 deaths per thousand per year, a rate approximately 10 times higher than the mortality rates for the general population (Cherubin & Sapira, 1993; Selwyn,...

Using state information systems for drug abuse services research.
May 1, 1998... Demands for evidence of effectiveness shadow substance abuse treatment services. During the past decade, for example, purchasers and consumers have challenged publicly funded substance abuse treatment systems to document quality of care and...

A comparison of the need for health care and use of health care by injection-drug users, other chronic drug users, and nondrug users.
May 1, 1998... The organization and delivery of medical care are undergoing a major transformation in the United States. Today, only a minority of the people in this nation still receive their health care in the traditional fee-for-service manner. These...

A health services use framework for drug-abusing offenders.
May 1, 1998... Bringing drug treatment services into the mainstream of health services and targeting drug abusers have been priorities of the National Drug Strategy (Office of the National Drug Control Policy [ONDCP], 1995). Paralleling this interest is the...

Services for substance abusers in a changing health care system.
May 1, 1998... The period since 1975 has been described as one in which "two highly contrasting tiers of drug treatment - one for the poor under public sponsorship and one for those who can pay with private insurance or out-of-pocket funds" have evolved...

Acceptability of the female condom among women at risk for HIV infection.
May 1, 1998... Heterosexual contact is the fastest growing mode of HIV transmission in the United States, and as a result, women are becoming infected in increasing numbers. In 1985, for example, female adults and adolescents accounted for 7% of the total...

The impact of an HIV risk-reducing program among street drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
May 1, 1998... PROJECT BACKGROUND Brazil ranks second only to the United States in number of reported cases of AIDS (World Health Organization, 1997). The epidemic is concentrated in the southeast region of Brazil, which includes the two largest cities in...