City's racial composition shapes treatment center characteristics and services

María B Vélez; Ana L Campos-Holland; Stephan Arndt

doi:10.1080/15332640802055640

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City's racial composition shapes treatment center characteristics and services

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City's racial composition shapes treatment center characteristics and services

María B Vélez, Ana L Campos-Holland and Stephan Arndt

Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, Vol.7(2), pp.188-199

2008

DOI: 10.1080/15332640802055640

PMID: 19042805

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Abstract

We assessed the extent to which a city's racial composition shapes the characteristics of substance abuse treatment centers. We utilized both the 2004 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, which provides information on treatment center characteristics such as availability of comprehensive substance abuse evaluation, and 2000 Census data on the percentage of African Americans and Latinos in a city. We found that a city's racial composition influences treatment center characteristics and services available, but the pattern is complex in that there are inequalities in treatment for certain types of services but not in others. For instance, cities with high percentages of Latinos and African Americans provide more treatment options, such as employment and domestic violence counseling or programs for gay/lesbian clients. However, minority cities have fewer integrated treatment centers that provide comprehensive assessment for substance abuse and mental health problems. We discuss the implications of these findings for service providers, especially those working with Latino and African American clients, as well as provide avenues for future research.

African Americans - statistics & numerical data

Censuses

Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data

Health Care Surveys - statistics & numerical data

Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data

Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data

Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data

Humans

Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data

Mental Health Services - supply & distribution

Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - statistics & numerical data

Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - supply & distribution

Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology

Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation

United States - ethnology

Urban Health Services - statistics & numerical data

Urban Health Services - supply & distribution

Details

Title: Subtitle: City's racial composition shapes treatment center characteristics and services
Creators: María B Vélez - University of Iowa
Ana L Campos-Holland - University of Iowa
Stephan Arndt - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, Vol.7(2), pp.188-199
DOI: 10.1080/15332640802055640
PMID: 19042805
NLM abbreviation: J Ethn Subst Abuse
ISSN: 1533-2640
eISSN: 1533-2659
Language: English
Date published: 2008
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Biostatistics; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9985132076302771

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