Article Commentary: Women and Substance Use Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Call for Advancing Research Equity in Prevention and Treatment
| Autor: | Andrine Lemieux, Matiwos Soboka, M. Claire Greene, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Oladiran I. Olateju, Ilze Slabbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Equity (economics)
Poverty Inequality business.industry Addiction media_common.quotation_subject 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Health equity 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Low and middle income countries Environmental health Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Substance use 0305 other medical science business High income countries media_common |
| Zdroj: | Substance Abuse. 41:6-10 |
| ISSN: | 1547-0164 0889-7077 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08897077.2019.1680481 |
| Popis: | Although the prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) is higher among men, women with SUDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face unique challenges. Poverty and adversity, inequality of women, and disparities in access to treatment and prevention services exacerbate biological, psychological and social correlates of substance use disorders for women living in low-resource settings. Increasing the inclusion of women in research has long been a goal, though even high income countries struggle to achieve parity. In LMICs, women with SUDs are often neglected from global research due to underreporting and the disproportionate focus of global substance use research on men. We will discuss risk factors for SUDs that are particularly relevant for women residing in LMICs in order to gain insight into neglected areas of research and opportunities for prevention and treatment. |
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