... these institutions, certain morally condemned sexual behaviors are seen as associated with consumption. Second, these institutions establish diverse rules and recommendations about intimate relationships for people in recovery to improve the outcome of treatments. Third, therapeutic institutions produce gender...

...Alexandra Solomon Purpose This paper aims to provide a gendered analysis of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) benchmarked upon the global commitments to women’s health and well-being in the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW...

...Polly Radcliffe and Charlotte Tompkins; Emma Wincup Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a gendered reading of the 2010 UK drug strategy and draw out the implications of the new recovery paradigm for female drug users. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores...

...) female offenders with problem drug/alcohol use living in rural areas in the East of England. Findings The research indicates that the barriers to adequate provision of services for women in rural areas have distinct, but overlapping, gender and geographical elements. Gender issues centre...

...., 2000a). This failure to fulfil role model expectations can lead to gender role strain (Kilmartin, 2007). Therefore, if a man fails to live up to the hyper‐masculine media images, he will experience a great amount of stress and will strive to meet such constructs such as by using AAS. The use of AAS...

... for enjoying their drinking. This constitutes a major inhibiting factor in relation to preventive initiatives and therapeutic interventions related to problematic alcohol consumption. KEY WORDS gender drinking GENACIS enjoyment adults UK There has long been considerable concern about the negative consequences...

... users than male drug users but argues that diversity of abuse experiences in drug users negate broad treatment plans for those traumatised by such experiences. Treatment Drugs Trauma Gender TREATMENT Trauma histories of men and women in residential drug treatment: The Scottish evidence1 Susan...