Introduction: Double bind: Women affected by alcohol and other drugs / Dorothy H. Broom -- pt. I. Measuring women's use of alcohol and other drugs. 1. Patterns of drug use by women in Australia / Denise Chang. 2. Measuring illicit drug use among women / Adele Stevens and Grant Wardlaw. 3. Women's alcohol and other drug use in the ACT: Results of a telephone survey / Kathleen V. Elliott and Phillipa Lowrey -- pt. II. Women affected by alcohol and other drugs: Social contexts. 4. Alcohol use and its effects upon Aboriginal women / Maggie Brady. 5. 'Scarlett O'Hara made me drink.' Being female and movies: Factors in my alcoholism / Emily Davis. 6. HIV/AIDS risk behaviour among Perth women injecting illicit drugs / Alison Marsh and Wendy Loxley. 7. Beyond their means: Women, drugs and health / Phyll Dance. 8. Sex and drugs: A positive combination? / Marion Watson, Adele Stevens, Phyll Dance and Gabriele Bammer
Analysis
Alcoholism epidemiology Australia
Substance Abuse epidemiology Australia
Women alcoholics Services for Australia
Women Alcohol use Australia
Women Drug use Australia
Women's Health Services
Women's health services Australia
Alcoholism
Drug Abuse
Women - Alcoholics - Australia
Women - Australia - Drug Abuse
Notes
CIP confirmed
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-227) and index