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Variations in Staff Characteristics, Programmes and Recruitment Practices among Halfway Houses for Problem Drinkers
Author(s) -
Ogborne Alan C.,
Ian Wiggins T. R.,
Shain Martin
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1980.tb01404.x
Subject(s) - skid (aerodynamics) , ideology , psychology , medicine , family medicine , environmental health , gerontology , engineering , political science , politics , mechanical engineering , law
Summary In a sample of halfway houses for problem drinkers those with staff oriented to Alcoholics Anonymous tended to recruit residents less involved in skid‐row than houses whose staff were not oriented to A.A. In general, however, staff ideologies and house programmes were not clearly related to the characteristics of the residents recruited. Overall retention was unrelated to staff ideology or the intensity of the in‐house programme. Residents less involved in skid‐row, however, tended to slay longer in houses with well articulated, structured programmes.