Journal
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 6-10Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1680481
Keywords
Addiction; health equity; gender; low; and middle-income countries; substance use disorders; women
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- National Institute on Drug Abuse [T32DA007292]
- National Institute of Mental Health [T32MH096724]
- South African Research Chair in PTSD from the Department of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation
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Although the prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) is higher among men, women with SUDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face unique challenges. Poverty and adversity, inequality of women, and disparities in access to treatment and prevention services exacerbate biological, psychological and social correlates of substance use disorders for women living in low-resource settings. Increasing the inclusion of women in research has long been a goal, though even high income countries struggle to achieve parity. In LMICs, women with SUDs are often neglected from global research due to underreporting and the disproportionate focus of global substance use research on men. We will discuss risk factors for SUDs that are particularly relevant for women residing in LMICs in order to gain insight into neglected areas of research and opportunities for prevention and treatment.
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