 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Laura Schmidt, PhD1, James Wiley, PhD2, Daniel Dohan, PhD3, Denise Zabkiewicz, MPH4, E. Anne Lown, DrPH5, and Laurie Jacobs, MA1. (1) Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Ave., Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94079, 510.642.5208, lschmidt@arg.org, (2) San Francisco State University, 1600 Hollaway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4025, (3) Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St. Suite 265, San Francisco, CA 94118, (4) University of California, Berkeley, Department of Epidemiology, Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Ave., Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94709, (5) Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 2000 Hearst Street, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94709
Objective/Rationale: Within the context of welfare reform, new policies have been implemented that attempt to deal with substance abuse problems among recipients. Many state and local welfare systems are trying to improve their ability to address substance abuse by adding formal screening and referral programs to their admissions process and in many states substance abusers are required to attend treatment as a condition of receiving aid. The proposed session examines welfare reform's overhaul of the system and provides some of the only evidence of trends in how substance abusers are served by the system before and after reform. The session is organized into three broad themes: welfare policy and screening, clients and the burden of problems they face, and the welfare experience with regard to the services recipients receive.
Agenda: ·Introduction Laura Schmidt 5 minutes ·“From enabling to bootstrapping: Welfare workers’ views of substance abuse and welfare reform” Daniel Dohan 12 minutes ·“The welfare system’s new response to addiction and mental illness” Laurie Jacobs 12 minutes ·“Toward a clearer understanding of welfare dependency: An analysis of substance abuse and prior history of aid as factors in reasons for welfare entry” Denise Zabkiewicz 12 minutes ·“The burden of interpersonal violence on women applying for welfare services” E. Anne Lown 12 minutes ·“Substance abuse and welfare receipt in the post-reform era” Laura Schmidt 12 minutes ·“Studying patterns of service use among welfare populations: An analysis of self-report and administrative records” James Wiley 12 minutes ·Questions 10 minutes
Yes, I would like to have abstracts considered separately.
Contact: Laura Schmidt, PhD 510.642.5208 lschmidt@arg.org
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Substance Abuse, Welfare Reform
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.