期刊
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL
卷 57, 期 5, 页码 872-879出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-020-00661-0
关键词
Aces; Trauma; Opioids; Parenting
资金
- Children's Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services [90CB0190]
The study examined 152 parenting women undergoing treatment for OUD and found that the majority of women reported having 4 or more ACEs, with the average ACE score significantly higher than the general Pennsylvania population. This indicates a significant prevalence of traumatic experiences among parenting women in OUD treatment.
Descriptive adverse childhood experience (ACE) prevalence data on parenting women seeking treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is limited, despite this group being one of the fastest growing sub-populations of the opioid epidemic. The aim of this study was to: (1) determine prevalence of ACEs) in a population of parenting women in treatment for OUD, (2) characterize ACEs, and (3) compare study ACE data to Pennsylvania Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (PA BRFSS) to normalize study results. Between 2014 and 2018, ACEs were collected from parenting women (N = 152) enrolled in treatment for OUDs. Results showed on average women were 30.3 years of age (SD 4.6, range 22-41 years) non-Hispanic (87.0%), white (74.0%), and held a high school education or less (76.0%). The mean total ACE score was 4.3 (SD 2.3; range 0-8). Most women reported 4 >= ACEs (65.0%), while only 5.0% reported 0 ACEs. The current sample had higher mean ACE score (4.3 PSMDT vs. 1.4 PA BRFSS Data) than PA BRFSS Data. The burden of ACEs in parenting women in treatment for OUD is significant. Understanding the trauma parenting women in drug treatment have experienced, may support efforts to reduce stigma of this population. Public health intervention and policy work that is trauma proactive is needed to address this growing epidemic.
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