5.4 Exercises
According to The Smart Guide: Motivational Approaches Within the Stages of Change for Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol (2002), the approach you take is one of the strongest indicators of whether a woman will change. It is just as important as the woman's personal characteristics and behaviour.
Recent provincial health strategy documents support the implementation of two approaches that have emerged out of the experiences of patients, and established themselves as evidence-based best practice: women-centred care and harm reduction.
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You likely already have some familiarity with these concepts. Name 3 key ideas or concepts about each of WOMEN-CENTRED CARE and HARM REDUCTION:
Women-Centred Care
Harm Reduction Approach
The following article discusses the genesis of both approaches (albeit using slightly different language) as well as the importance of and strategies for integrating the approaches in supporting women who are both experiencing violence/abuse in their relationships and struggling with their use of substances. You read the first section in an earlier module. Now read the rest of the article.
PDF of article: http://thesafetyzone.org/alcohol/safe_sober.html