TY - JOUR
T1 - Contrasting faith-based and traditional substance abuse treatment programs
AU - Neff, James Alan
AU - Shorkey, Clayton T.
AU - Windsor, Liliane Cambraia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIDA Administrative Supplement for Health Disparities grant R24-DA13579-S1 (J. A. Neff, principal investigator). Portions of the manuscript were presented at the Health Services and Addictions Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2003, and at the NIDA Health Disparities Meeting, Rockville, MD, July 2005. The authors wish to thank all of the staff and residents of the participating programs for their help and support. Byron Johnson, Stephen Cook, and Sam MacMaster and the Journal reviewers provided helpful comments on a previous draft.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - This article (a) discusses the definition of faith-based substance abuse treatment programs, (b) juxtaposes Durkheim's theory regarding religion with Simpson (2004) treatment process model to highlight key dimensions of faith-based and traditional programs, and (c) presents results from a study of seven programs to identify key program dimensions and to identify differences/similarities between program types. Focus group/Concept Mapping techniques yielded a clear "spiritual activities, beliefs, and rituals" dimension, rated as significantly more important to faith-based programs. Faith-based program staff also rated "structure and discipline" as more important and "work readiness" as less important. No differences were found for "group activities/cohesion" and "role modeling/mentoring," "safe, supportive environment," and "traditional treatment modalities." Programs showed substantial similarities with regard to core social processes of treatment such as mentoring, role modeling, and social cohesion. Implications are considered for further research on treatment engagement, retention, and other outcomes.
AB - This article (a) discusses the definition of faith-based substance abuse treatment programs, (b) juxtaposes Durkheim's theory regarding religion with Simpson (2004) treatment process model to highlight key dimensions of faith-based and traditional programs, and (c) presents results from a study of seven programs to identify key program dimensions and to identify differences/similarities between program types. Focus group/Concept Mapping techniques yielded a clear "spiritual activities, beliefs, and rituals" dimension, rated as significantly more important to faith-based programs. Faith-based program staff also rated "structure and discipline" as more important and "work readiness" as less important. No differences were found for "group activities/cohesion" and "role modeling/mentoring," "safe, supportive environment," and "traditional treatment modalities." Programs showed substantial similarities with regard to core social processes of treatment such as mentoring, role modeling, and social cohesion. Implications are considered for further research on treatment engagement, retention, and other outcomes.
KW - Concept Mapping
KW - Faith-based treatment
KW - Health disparities
KW - Substance abuse treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 16377452
AN - SCOPUS:29244448993
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 30
SP - 49
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 1
ER -