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000003887 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.3887
000003887 037__ $$aTHESIS
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000003887 245__ $$aOn the Streets and Left for Dead: Examining the Neuropolitical Impact of Undertreating Women of Color with Substance Use Disorders in Chicago
000003887 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago
000003887 269__ $$a2021-06
000003887 336__ $$aThesis
000003887 502__ $$bB.A.
000003887 520__ $$aThis study examines the experiences of women of color with an addiction in Chicago  using a mixed-methods approach of qualitative and quantitative data, Facebook group  observational analysis and ethnography. Over 9 months of interviews of women of color with an  addiction and addiction treatment professionals in conjunction with observational data from 15  Addiction Facebook Groups and the data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health of  2019 leads to my findings that women of color in Chicago experience undertreatment,  inaccessibility, and discomfort when it comes to addiction care and provider experience.  Dissatisfaction and lacking treatment lead many women of color to give up on treatment or seek  out alternative forms of support from other past and previous addicts in Facebook Groups. The  COVID-19 pandemic also sheds light on the opportunities for addiction care telemedicine and  novel forms of addiction medicine, including newer and more flexible treatment drugs. I propose  policy recommendations occur on 3 levels: federally/state-wide in the form of standardizing the  definition of special populations for addiction, in treatment centers by expanding telemedicine  and accessible prescription drug treatments, and on an individual level by decreasing stigma  towards those with an addiction and changing the way we talk about addiction patients. Above  all, this study seeks to empower and center the voices of women of color with an addiction to  write their own narratives, rather than be silenced or unacknowledged in treatment contexts or in  addiction literature.  
000003887 542__ $$fUniversity of Chicago theses are covered by copyright.
000003887 690__ $$aHarris School of Public Policy Studies
000003887 690__ $$aThe College
000003887 691__ $$aPublic Policy Theses
000003887 7001_ $$aPaoli, Madeline$$uUniversity of Chicago
000003887 72012 $$aChad Broughton
000003887 72014 $$aKelsey Berryman
000003887 8564_ $$9bc022764-dc11-43a1-8fa5-0f7688dc480f$$s1424152$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3887/files/Paoli.pdf$$ePublic
000003887 908__ $$aI agree
000003887 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:3887$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pTheses
000003887 983__ $$aThesis