Women drug abuse in Europe : Gender identity - Irefrea

Staff training about drug addiction and difficult child development are verynecessary in many institutions.Item no. 20Carrying out campaigns of sexual information for those groups at risk. Theimprovement of information about the responsibility of motherhood and contraceptivemethods in one possibility to reduce this problemItem no. 36Proposing examples which explain that a drug addicted female is exposed to moredangers, threats and abuse than a male.Item no. 37Children of addicted parents need the full attention of health and youthadministration, family members, teachers, counsellors, etc. Very often they are leftalone with the addiction of their parents.Item no. 32Establishing different treatments according to the sex of the patient in order toimprove the capacity of the individual’s decision and to avoid the condition of women’spassive dependency in order to be the real protagonist of the treatment.Item no. 26Negative behaviour or characteristics are not exclusively a problem of drug addicts,but in many cases they are produced by a disoriented family environment (alcoholismof the father). In these cases, the intervention programmes can interrupt the circle ofviolence which starts from infancy and avoids the acceptance of the negative forms ofbehaviour of many women.Item no.8In parental meetings/programmes it is important to draw special attention toeducational aspects of children/grandchildren, studying the lack of trust and fearregarding new uses of the patient and her waive of maternal responsibilities. It isnecessary to train the parents to help them get used to the new status of their childrenand the progressive recovery of the children’s protection.Item no. 18Awaken a better comprehension of the problems of their children in families of drugaddicted women to help them overcome the sensation of shame, intolerance andbetrayal regarding their expectations towards women (which are always higher than aman).Item no. 34During pregnancy addicted women need better help: very often they receivemethadone. Women expressed the expectation that institutions such as hospitals shouldimprove their care and treatment of women with problems of addiction.Women expressed the need of an attendance that considers their circumstances ofliving and their abilities to quit the habit of drug consumption.96