An exploratory study of Romanians' attitudes toward community-based substance abuse recovery housing
JOURNAL OF PREVENTION & INTERVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY(2022)
Abstract
This study reports results of a measure of a Romanian community's attitudes toward addiction and the hypothetical creation of self-run substance abuse recovery homes called Oxford Houses in Iasi, Romania. We list five factors needed to sustain an Oxford House: affordable housing, residents following OH principles, resident income, institutional support, and community support. Because individual Oxford Houses are located in ordinary residential neighborhoods, they rely in part on community support. Descriptive data analyses provided information on four groups based on participants' status: (1) no contact with someone with alcohol misuse; (2) having a potentially alcohol addicted person(s) in their family; (3) definitely having alcohol addicted person(s) in their family; and (4) having an addicted alcohol in recovery person(s) in their family. Results indicated Romanian's favorable attitude toward alcohol addiction as a treatable condition, benefits of being part of an Oxford House, Oxford House rules and principles, and willingness to organize or to participate in events for integrating Oxford House residents into the community. These findings suggest that Oxford House could potentially be accepted by neighborhood residents in Iasi, Romania, and this research could inform future efforts to create Oxford Houses in Romania.
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Aftercare, Oxford House, recovery homes, Romania, substance abuse
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