Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMyers, Bronwynen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPasche, Sonjaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Mohameden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-11T12:03:26Z
dc.date.available2015-11-11T12:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Completion of substance abuse treatment is a proximal indicator of positive treatment outcomes. To design interventions to improve outcomes, it is therefore important to unpack the factors contributing to treatment completion. To date, substance abuse research has not examined the factors associated with treatment completion among poor, disadvantaged communities in developing countries. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring client-level factors associated with treatment completion among poor communities in South Africa. METHODS: Secondary data analysis was conducted on cross-sectional survey data collected from 434 persons residing in poor communities in Cape Town, South Africa who had accessed substance abuse treatment in 2006. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses revealed that therapeutic alliance, treatment perceptions, abstinence-specific social support, and depression were significant partial predictors of treatment completion. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that treatment completion rates of individuals from poor South African communities can be enhanced by i) improving perceptions of substance abuse treatment through introducing quality improvement initiatives into substance abuse services, ii) strengthening clients' abstinence-oriented social networks and, iii) strengthening the counselor-client therapeutic alliance.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMyers, B., Pasche, S., & Adam, M. (2010). Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. <i>Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14900en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMyers, Bronwyn, Sonja Pasche, and Mohamed Adam "Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa." <i>Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14900en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMyers, B. J., Pasche, S., & Adam, M. (2010). Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 5(3).en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Myers, Bronwyn AU - Pasche, Sonja AU - Adam, Mohamed AB - BACKGROUND: Completion of substance abuse treatment is a proximal indicator of positive treatment outcomes. To design interventions to improve outcomes, it is therefore important to unpack the factors contributing to treatment completion. To date, substance abuse research has not examined the factors associated with treatment completion among poor, disadvantaged communities in developing countries. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring client-level factors associated with treatment completion among poor communities in South Africa. METHODS: Secondary data analysis was conducted on cross-sectional survey data collected from 434 persons residing in poor communities in Cape Town, South Africa who had accessed substance abuse treatment in 2006. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses revealed that therapeutic alliance, treatment perceptions, abstinence-specific social support, and depression were significant partial predictors of treatment completion. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that treatment completion rates of individuals from poor South African communities can be enhanced by i) improving perceptions of substance abuse treatment through introducing quality improvement initiatives into substance abuse services, ii) strengthening clients' abstinence-oriented social networks and, iii) strengthening the counselor-client therapeutic alliance. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1747-597X-5-3 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa TI - Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14900 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14900
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-5-3
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMyers B, Pasche S, Adam M. Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14900.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Healthen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_ZA
dc.rights.holder2010 Myers et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en_ZA
dc.sourceSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policyen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://substanceabusepolicy.biomedcentral.com/en_ZA
dc.subject.otherPovertyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSubstance Abuseen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSubstance-Related Disordersen_ZA
dc.titleCorrelates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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