A Parenting and Self-Care Intervention for Substance-Using Mothers: Promoting Resilience Among Israeli and Palestinian People

Abstract

As of 2013, 35 million people were living with HIV globally (World Health Organization, 2015). The National Institute of Health has called for interventions to address myriad of needs that exist within different groups of infected individuals. The IMAGE (Improving Mothers' parenting Abilities, Growth, and Effectiveness) intervention was developed for mothers living with HIV/AIDS who had children; however, it is generally applicable to a wide range of parents dealing with any type of disease or disorder. It may be very applicable for parents with a substance use disorder. Several studies have shown that most women entering into substance abuse treatment are mothers, and injection drug using mothers have been found to be more likely to enter methadone maintenance treatment if they are living with their children, compared to mothers not residing with their children. And for substance-using mothers who are incarcerated, child-welfare involvement has been associated with higher motivation to enter treatment, suggesting that participation in interventions may be critical to reunification with their children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)