Sheway's services for substance using pregnant and parenting women: evaluating the outcomes for infants.
Sheway is a single-access comprehensive street-front service to pregnant and parenting women with a history of alcohol and/or drug abuse that is located in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods, the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. This investigation assesses the concurrent health and social problems clients report upon entry into the program, service utilization, and the impact of services on neonate and infant well-being. Data were collected through the review of files from the 9 1/2 years of the agency's service. Findings suggest that the clients' concurrent health and social problems have increased over the years of operation while indicators of infant health have either improved or maintained steady rates.
School of Social Work & Family Studies, University of British Columbia.
Sheila K
SK
Marshall
Grant
G
Charles
Jan
J
Hare
James J
JJ
Ponzetti
Monica
M
Stokl
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001955:British Columbia; D003151:Community Health Centers; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012940:Social Problems; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*