Dana M Baldwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 664451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dana M Baldwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dana M |
| FAMILY NAME | Baldwin |
| SIGNATURE | BALDWIN D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women on Parole
Providing substance abuse treatment to women addicts is an important objective of national drug treatment policy because of the high psychological and social costs of addiction for women and their children, as well as the costs to society of lost productivity and added burdens on the social service and criminal justice systems. Using qualitative methods, we examined the barriers to success on parole among participants of an in-prison residential …
The Subsistence Adaptation of Homeless Mentally Ill Women
This paper explores the day-to-day adaptation of mentally ill women to the rigors of homelessness. The research on which it is based is unique in having collected extensive ethnographic data on the subsistence adaptation of a small yet heterogeneous sample of homeless mentally ill women over the course of more than three years. The subsistence adaptations of these women in a number of areas are described; these include shelter, food, clothing, hy…
A Joint Demonstration Project to Improve the Care of Patients with Dementia
I am part of a multi-disciplinary team composed of researchers from Kaiser Permanente, the country's largest staff model Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and the Los Angeles chapter of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association. This team has designed a demonstration service delivery system to enhance the quality of care given to dementia patients and their care givers. If the demonstration project is successful, it may be exp…
Perceived Need for Treatment among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women Arrestees
Previous research has noted a high rate of drug use by women arrestees. Not only are women arrestees more likely to be found drug positive by urinalysis than are men arrestees, but in recent years, in part because of drug use, women have constituted the fastest growing population segment involved with the criminal justice system. One small but important subgroup of women arrestees are those who are pregnant and, thus, who particularly need interv…
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Perceived Need for Treatment among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women Arrestees
Previous research has noted a high rate of drug use by women arrestees. Not only are women arrestees more likely to be found drug positive by urinalysis than are men arrestees, but in recent years, in part because of drug use, women have constituted the fastest growing population segment involved with the criminal justice system. One small but important subgroup of women arrestees are those who are pregnant and, thus, who particularly need interv…
The Subsistence Adaptation of Homeless Mentally Ill Women
This paper explores the day-to-day adaptation of mentally ill women to the rigors of homelessness. The research on which it is based is unique in having collected extensive ethnographic data on the subsistence adaptation of a small yet heterogeneous sample of homeless mentally ill women over the course of more than three years. The subsistence adaptations of these women in a number of areas are described; these include shelter, food, clothing, hy…
A Joint Demonstration Project to Improve the Care of Patients with Dementia
I am part of a multi-disciplinary team composed of researchers from Kaiser Permanente, the country's largest staff model Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and the Los Angeles chapter of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association. This team has designed a demonstration service delivery system to enhance the quality of care given to dementia patients and their care givers. If the demonstration project is successful, it may be exp…
Women on Parole
Providing substance abuse treatment to women addicts is an important objective of national drug treatment policy because of the high psychological and social costs of addiction for women and their children, as well as the costs to society of lost productivity and added burdens on the social service and criminal justice systems. Using qualitative methods, we examined the barriers to success on parole among participants of an in-prison residential …
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adaptation (eye) (1 work)