Enrolling and retaining mothers of substance-exposed infants in drug abuse treatment.
This study provided an experimental test of a drug abuse treatment enrollment and retention intervention in a sample of 103 Black mothers of substance-exposed infants. Significantly more women assigned to the Engaging Moms Program enrolled into drug abuse treatment than did women assigned to the control condition (88% vs. 46%). Sixty-seven percent of participants in the Engaging Moms Program received at least 4 weeks of drug abuse treatment compared with 38% of the control women. However, there were no differences between the groups 90 days following treatment entry. Logistic regressions revealed that readiness for treatment predicted both short-term and long-term treatment retention. The Engaging Moms Program has considerable promise in facilitating treatment entry and short-term retention, but it did not influence long-term retention.
Dakof
Gayle A
GA
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA. gdakof@med.miami.edu
Quille
Tanya J
TJ
Tejeda
Manuel J
MJ
Alberga
Linda R
LR
Bandstra
Emmalee
E
Szapocznik
José
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009035:Mothers; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*