Interpersonal predictors of short-term treatment outcomes among African-American women in MMT

2017 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. e121-e122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamey J. Lister ◽  
Stephanie Yan Xuan ◽  
Mark Greenwald ◽  
David M. Ledgerwood
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
American Women

Adjustment and Needs of African-American Women Who Utilized a Domestic Violence Shelter

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cris M. Sullivan ◽  
Maureen H. Rumptz
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Short Term ◽  
American Women ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelter ◽  
Advocacy Program

To better understand what environmental and contextual factors influence resource acquisition and subsequent adjustment for African-American women who have been battered, this article explores the experiences of 60 women from the 6 months prior to entering a shelter through a 10-week postshelter advocacy program. Results indicate that African-American battered women who use domestic violence shelters face an array of obstacles: Most had been severely abused, were likely to be living below the poverty line, were unemployed, and were in need of numerous resources. However, in spite of numerous obstacles and continued violence, African-American women overall felt confident in themselves and satisfied with their lives 10 weeks after shelter. Results also indicate that short-term advocacy services were beneficial to African-American women exiting a domestic violence shelter. Implications of these findings as they relate to formal community response and further research are discussed.

scholarly journals The Impact of Choice of NNRTI on Short-Term Treatment Outcomes among HIV-Infected Patients Prescribed Tenofovir and Lamivudine in Johannesburg, South Africa

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e71719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Shearer ◽  
Matthew P. Fox ◽  
Mhairi Maskew ◽  
Rebecca Berhanu ◽  
Lawrence Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Pediatric HIV–HBV Coinfection in Lusaka, Zambia: Prevalence and Short-Term Treatment Outcomes: Table 1.

2015 ◽  
pp. fmv058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Peebles ◽  
Lweendo Nchimba ◽  
Roma Chilengi ◽  
Carolyn Bolton Moore ◽  
Mwangelwa Mubiana-Mbewe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Pediatric Hiv ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Treatment

Predictors of short-term treatment outcomes among California's Proposition 36 participants

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yih-Ing Hser ◽  
Elizabeth Evans ◽  
Cheryl Teruya ◽  
David Huang ◽  
M. Douglas Anglin
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
Proposition 36

Factors Distinguishing Positive Deviance Among Low-Income African American Women: A Qualitative Study on Infant Feeding

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia E. Barbosa ◽  
Saba W. Masho ◽  
Kellie E. Carlyle ◽  
Maghboeba Mosavel
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Formula Feeding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
American Women ◽  
Breastfeeding Intention ◽  
Breastfeeding In Public

Background: Positive deviant individuals practice beneficial behaviors in spite of having qualities characterizing them as high risk for unhealthy behaviors. Objective: This study aimed to identify and understand factors distinguishing low-income African American women who breastfeed the longest (positive deviants) from those who breastfeed for a shorter duration or do not breastfeed. Methods: Seven mini-focus groups on infant-feeding attitudes and experiences were conducted with 25 low-income African American women, grouped by infant-feeding practice. Positive deviants, who had breastfed for 4 months or more, were compared with formula-feeding participants who had only formula fed their babies and short-term breastfeeding participants who had breastfed for 3 months or less. Results: Positive deviant women had more schooling, higher income, breastfeeding intention, positive breastfeeding and unfavorable formula-feeding attitudes, higher self-efficacy, positive hospital and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children experiences, more exclusive breastfeeding, and greater comfort breastfeeding in public. Short-term breastfeeding women varied in breastfeeding intention and self-efficacy, seemed to receive insufficient professional breastfeeding support, and supplemented breastfeeding with formula. Some showed ambivalence, concern with unhealthy behaviors, and discomfort with breastfeeding in public. Formula-feeding women intended to formula feed, feared breastfeeding, thought their behaviors were incompatible with breastfeeding, were comfortable with and found formula convenient, and received strong support to formula feed. Conclusion: Tapping into the strengths of positive deviants; tailoring interventions to levels of general and breastfeeding self-efficacy; increasing social, institutional, and community supports; and removing inappropriate formula promotion may offer promising strategies to increase breastfeeding among low-income African American women.

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