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Access to substance abuse treatment in the Cape Town metropole ...

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5.4. SUMMARY.................................................................................................... 107DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.................................. 1096.1. IS ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT EQUITABLE?1096.2. FACTORS THAT PREDICT ACCESS TO SERVICES......................... 1096.2.1. Awareness of <strong>substance</strong> <strong>abuse</strong> <strong>treatment</strong>.................................. 1106.2.2. Geographical accessibility .............................................................. 1136.2.3. Availability of affordable <strong>treatment</strong>............................................... 1156.2.4. Negative perceptions of <strong>treatment</strong>................................................ 1176.3. TREATMENT SYSTEM FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESS TOSUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT................................................................... 1206.3.1. Organisational barriers <strong>to</strong> access<strong>in</strong>g <strong>substance</strong> <strong>abuse</strong><strong>treatment</strong> .............................................................................................................. 1206.3.2. Resource-related barriers with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> system.......... 1216.4. RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................... 124Based on study f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs, a number of recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions thataddress barriers <strong>to</strong> access<strong>in</strong>g <strong>substance</strong> <strong>abuse</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> services with<strong>in</strong>HDCs can be made. Some of <strong>the</strong>se recommendations are described below:1246.4.1. Recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions that address awarenessrelatedbarriers ....................................................................................................... 1246.4.2. Recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions that address geographicalaccessibility barriers............................................................................................. 1256.4.3. Recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions that address affordabilitybarriers 1276.4.4. Recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions that address negativeperceptions about <strong>treatment</strong>............................................................................... 1286.4.5. Recommendations for <strong>in</strong>terventions with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> system:129In order <strong>to</strong> improve access <strong>to</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> for people from HDCs, <strong>in</strong>terventionsare also required at <strong>the</strong> level of <strong>the</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> system. ...................................... 129REFERENCES............................................................................... 1364

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