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Published in: BMC Women's Health 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

Correlates of alcoholics anonymous affiliation among justice-involved women

Authors: Maji Hailemariam, Michael Stein, Bradley Anderson, Yael Chatav Schonbrun, Kelly Moore, Megan Kurth, Fallon Richie, Jennifer E. Johnson

Published in: BMC Women's Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) constitutes a major public health problem and is associated with a substantial amount of disability and premature death worldwide. Several treatment and self-help options including Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings are available. Nevertheless, factors associated with AA affiliation in some disadvantaged groups such as justice-involved women are not well understood. The purpose of this study is to report on previously unexamined correlates of past year AA affiliation among women in pretrial jail detention.

Methods

The current study used cross-sectional data from 168 women with DSM-5 diagnosis of  AUD in pretrial jail detention. The study examined factors related to women’s concept of self and others (i.e., disbelief that others are trustworthy, lack of autonomy to choose who they interact with, experience of violent victimization, low investment in self-care, higher stress levels, and homelessness) as correlates of past-year AA affiliation, controlling for severity of AUD and demographic factors.

Results

Women who believe that others are inherently trustworthy, women who met less AUD criteria, and women who are older reported more past-year AA affiliation in both univariate and multivariate analyses.

Conclusion

Introducing AA outreach and alternative interventions for younger, less severely addicted women might improve AUD outcomes. Moreover, designing more individualized treatment plan for women who believe others are not trust worthy might help AUD treatment engagement in this population.

Trial registration

NCT01970293, 10/28/2013.
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Metadata
Title
Correlates of alcoholics anonymous affiliation among justice-involved women
Authors
Maji Hailemariam
Michael Stein
Bradley Anderson
Yael Chatav Schonbrun
Kelly Moore
Megan Kurth
Fallon Richie
Jennifer E. Johnson
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Women's Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6874
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0614-0

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