DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03474
title: Process Evaluation of the Gender Appropriateness of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program at Baylor Women's Correctional Institute, 1999-2001
title: Archival Version

description: The overall goals of the process evaluation were to assess
 the participants' views on the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
 (RSAT), a Therapeutic Community program at Baylor Women's Correctional
 Institute, and to determine whether the women thought the program met
 their needs specifically based on gender. The specific goals of the
 study were: (1) to determine drop-out points along the continuum of
 the treatment model and to review the case files to discover any
 patterns in client participation and review demographic data in the
 program, and (2) to assess what current participants thought about the
 program and treatment model. For Part 1, Recent Graduate Data, data
 were secured from case files of women who had been discharged from the
 Therapeutic Community (Key Village) program in Baylor Women's
 Correctional Institute in 1999. This analysis was used to prepare the
 survey instrument used for the interviews given to the women currently
 participating in the program. For Part 2, Client Assessment
 Satisfaction Data, the current residents of the program were
 interviewed. During fall of 2000 and spring of 2001, a survey was
 developed to assess how the current participants viewed the Key
 Program. The questions were intended to gather information to assess
 the gender appropriateness of the program. A database was constructed
 to search for any consistencies or variables that would address the
 issue of gender appropriateness or lack of such in the operation of
 the program from the participants' point of view. During the interview
 period there were a total of 88 women in the Key Program. Of the 88
 women, 76 agreed to participate in the study. For Part 1, the
 variables cover demographic data, criminal history information,
 medical information, prior drug treatment histories, and program
 success or failure. Part 2 variables cover demographic information,
 and questions dealing with prior drug use, the first four weeks of the
 program, the confrontation aspects of the program, sanctions and
 program rules, staff/participant interaction, program activities and
 responsibilities as opposed to the general population, readiness for
 change, support systems, children's visits and children as motivation,
 physical aspects of the program, mental health, the need for
 additional vocational and educational services, significant aspects
and experiences from the program, and desired changes to the program.
description: The overall goals of the process evaluation were
 to assess the participants' views on the Residential Substance Abuse
 Treatment (RSAT) program at Baylor Women's Correctional Institute and
 to determine whether the women thought the program met their needs
 specifically based on gender. The specific goals of the study were:
 (1) to determine drop-out points along the continuum of the treatment
 model and to review the case files to discover any patterns in client
 participation and review demographic data in the program, and (2) to
 assess what current participants thought about the program and
treatment model.
description: For Part 1, Recent Graduate Data, the study, data
 were secured from case files of women who had been discharged from the
 Therapeutic Community (Key Village) program in Baylor Women's
 Correctional Institute in 1999. This analysis was used to prepare the
 survey instrument used for the interviews given to the women currently
 participating in the program. For Part 2, Client Assessment
 Satisfaction Data, the current residents of the program were
 interviewed. During fall of 2000 and spring of 2001, a survey was
 developed to assess how the current participants viewed the Key
 Program. The questions were intended to gather information to assess
 the gender appropriateness of the program. A database was constructed
 to search for any consistencies or variables that would address the
 issue of gender appropriateness or lack of such in the operation of
 the program from the participants' point of view. During the interview
 period there were a total of 88 women in the Key Program. Of the 88
women, 76 agreed to participate in the study.
description: For Part 1, the variables cover demographic data,
 criminal history information, medical information, prior drug
 treatment histories, and program success or failure. Part 2 variables
 cover demographic information, and questions dealing with prior drug
 use, the first four weeks of the program, the confrontation aspects of
 the program, sanctions and program rules, staff/participant
 interaction, program activities and responsibilities as opposed to the
 general population, readiness for change, support systems, children's
 visits and children as motivation, physical aspects of the program,
 mental health, the need for additional vocational and educational
 services, significant aspects and experiences from the program, and
desired changes to the program.
description: Response Rates: During the interview period for Part 2, there
 were a total of 88 women in the Key Program. Of the 88 women, 76
agreed to participate in the survey.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Not applicable.
description: Not applicable.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: 1999 Recent Graduate Data
DS2: Client Assessment Satisfaction Data
description: Women participating in the Therapeutic Community (Key
Village) program in Baylor Women's Correctional Institute.
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