A Faith-Based Intervention for Cocaine-Dependent Black Women

Stahler, Gerald J.; Kirby, Kimberly C.; Kerwin, MaryLouise E.

doi:10.1080/02791072.2007.10399877

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“…Bridges uses the church as a sustainable social network with supportive mentors who help recovering women to maintain abstinence following treatment. Results from two evaluations were promising (Stahler et al, 2005(Stahler et al, , 2007. Such an intervention strategy could be adapted for alcohol use disorder treatment for African American women.…”

Section: Implications and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The "SISTAS" group-based alcohol misuse prevention intervention that incorporates both racial identity and spirituality could be used in such a context (McCurtis Witherspoon & Williams Richardson, 2006). "Bridges to Community" is a faith-based intervention for African American women dependent on cocaine (Stahler et al, 2005(Stahler et al, , 2007. Bridges uses the church as a sustainable social network with supportive mentors who help recovering women to maintain abstinence following treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

Holt

Roth

Huang

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Spiritual health locus of control reflects a person's beliefs about the role of a higher power in one's health and can take an active or a passive perspective. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of active and passive spiritual health locus of control beliefs on select health risk behaviors-alcohol use and smoking-in a national sample of African Americans. Method: A national U.S. probability sample of study participants (N = 2,370; 906 men; 1,464 women) completed a telephone survey assessing religious involvement, active and passive spiritual health locus of control beliefs, and alcohol consumption and smoking status. Because of previous research suggesting gender-specific associations among these variables, moderation analyses were conducted separately for men and women. Results: For women, higher religious behaviors were associated with less alcohol use, and this effect was more pronounced among those high in active spiritual health locus of control. For men, the combination of lower religious beliefs and higher passive spiritual health locus of control was associated with more alcohol consumption and more days of consuming five or more alcoholic drinks. No moderation effects were found for smoking. Conclusions: This study identified unique patterns of religious involvement and spiritual health locus of control beliefs that are associated with alcohol use, including heavy drinking, among African Americans. These findings have implications for pastoral counseling and other faith-based approaches for addressing heavy drinking in African Americans. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 482-492, 2015)

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Section: Implications and Future Researchmentioning

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Section: Implications and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

Holt

Roth

Huang

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Empirical investigations aimed at increasing treatment retention rates for AfA women have focused on the efficacy of clinical services targeted at client factors such as religiosity (Stahler et al, 2007), low socioeconomic status (Bride & Humble, 2008), and lack of transportation (Dakof et al, 2003). Results of these studies have shown that changing treatment programming to address char acteristics unique to the target population can help improve treat ment retention.…”

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Therapist effects, working alliance, and African American women substance users.

Davis¹,

Ancis²,

Ashby³

2015

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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African American (AfA) women with substance use disorders experience low rates of treatment retention compared to other groups of substance abusers. This is problematic since substance abuse treatment is effective only to the extent clients are retained. A weak working alliance is a significant barrier to treatment retention for AfA women. Thus, identifying therapist characteristics that facilitate a strong working alliance among this population stands as a promising step toward reducing disparities in treatment retention for this group. Therapist characteristics were explored as predictors of working alliance with AfA women substance users (N = 102). Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Population Sensitive Therapist Characteristics (PSTCs: multicultural competence, egalitarianism, and empowerment) will explain a significant amount of variance in working alliance beyond that explained by general therapist characteristics (GTCs: empathy, regard, and genuineness) and (2) GTCs will partially mediate the effect of each individual PSTC on working alliance. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that PSTCs explained 12% of the variance in working alliance after controlling for GTCs. Bootstrapping analyses demonstrated that GTCs mediated the effect of each PSTC on working alliance. Findings suggest that therapists can facilitate a stronger working alliance with AfA women substance users through demonstration of PSTCs in addition to GTCs, and that PSTCs are facilitative because they increase the likelihood the therapist is perceived as empathic, having unconditional positive regard, and genuine. Clinical and therapist training implications are discussed.

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“…Descriptive studies, studies not reported in English, and those not conducted in the United States were also excluded. After these exclusions, eight studies remained for inclusion in the present review (57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63)(64).…”

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Church-Based Health Programs for Mental Disorders Among African Americans: A Review

Hankerson¹,

Weissman²

2012

Psych Services

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Objective-African Americans, compared to White Americans, underutilize traditional mental health services. A systematic review is presented of studies involving church-based health promotion programs (CBHPP) for mental disorders among African Americans to assess the feasibility of utilizing such programs to address racial disparities in mental health care.Methods-A literature review of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and ATLA Religion databases was conducted to identify articles published between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2009. Inclusion criteria included the following: studies were conducted in a church; primary objective(s) involved assessment, perceptions/attitudes, education, prevention, group support, or treatment for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV mental disorders or their correlates; number of participants was reported; qualitative and/or quantitative data were reported; and African Americans were the target population.Results-Of 1,451 studies identified, 191 studies were eligible for formal review. Only eight studies met inclusion criteria for this review. The majority of studies focused on substance related disorders (n=5), were designed to assess the effects of a specific intervention (n=6), and targeted adults (n=6). One study focused on depression and was limited by a small sample size of seven participants. (8), and barriers to access, like lack of insurance (9). Given the debilitating nature of mental disorders (10), especially among African Americans (11), identifying ways to increase mental health service utilization in the Black community is a vital public health concern. Conclusion-AlthoughChurch-based health promotion programs (CBHPP) have received growing interest as a way to reduce health disparities among African Americans (12, 13). As defined by Ransdell (14), church-based health promotion consists of "a large-scale effort by the church community to improve the health of its members through any combination of education, screening, referral, treatment, and group support." The Black Church, classically defined as one of the seven predominantly African American denominations of the Christian faith, is a trusted, central institution in many African American communities that has been used as a setting for the delivery of health, social, civic, and political services (15). CBHPP have been used successfully in African American churches to address health disparities for numerous medical conditions such as cancer (16-21), diabetes (22-25), weight loss and obesity (26-31), cardiovascular disease and hypertension (32-35), asthma (36), and HIV/AIDS (37, 38).DeHaven et al. (39) conducted a systematic review of 53 general health programs in faithbased organizations conducted between 1990 through 2000 to determine the effectiveness of these programs in providing healthcare services. Importantly, they concluded that faithbased programs can improve health outcomes. However, only two of the articles in the review identified mental illness as the study's primary focus. In one of these studie...

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A Faith-Based Intervention for Cocaine-Dependent Black Women

Cited by 36 publications

References 33 publications

Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

Therapist effects, working alliance, and African American women substance users.

Church-Based Health Programs for Mental Disorders Among African Americans: A Review

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