Guía docente de Medicalisation and Suffering. Women Who Use Legal and Illegal Drugs (M15/56/4/24)

To analyse the current process of redefining the gender perspective in the field of public health, using studies on drug use in women as case studies with a new look in the field of drug dependence. Our final aim will be to develop skills and knowledge for the inclusion of a gender perspective in the field of public health.

The course starts from a basic knowledge about feminist research theory and methodology.

All uses of generative AI must be declared. Students must follow UGR recommendations for the ethical use of AI:: https://ceprud.ugr.es/formacion-tic/inteligencia-artificial/recomendaciones-ia

GENERAL AIMS

To study public health from a feminist perspective.

To analyse the current situation regarding the use and abuse of drugs from a feminist perspective.

To recognize the diversity and inequality in fields related to drug use and abuse.

To design and implement drug abuse preventive programs and addiction among women. 

SPECIFIC AIMS

To interpret and gather relevant data with a gender perspective.

To prove organization skills, capacity for planning, synthesis and analysis of data specific to the area of study.

Theory:

1. Gender and health. Gender and behavioural and mental health. Introducing a Feminist Perspective. 

2. Feminist epistemologies and lines of research in the field of biomedical and social sciences.  

3. Process of medicalisation in contemporary societies.

4. International context of drug use by women. Research and studies, what do we know of women who use psychoactive substances?

5. Women, illegality and risk. New drugs use crises: from heroin to ecstasy. Dance culture and risk: the influence of gender on new uses of synthetic drugs.

6. Psychology and behavioural and mental health. Women’s and feminist counseling and therapy as alternative to medicalisation/drug use. 

7. Feminist epistemologies and lines of research in the field of biomedical and social sciences. Ethnography and health.

Activities:

Critical analysis of  scientific articles where gender issues and drug abuse are analysed.

Discussion and analysis of preventive or therapeutic interventions with a feminist perspective.

Study from a critical perspective ethnographical research techniques.

Women’s and feminist counseling and therapy as alternative to medicalisation/drug use. 

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Bailey, L., Griffin, C., & Shankar, A. (2015). "Not a good look": Impossible dilemmas for young women negotiating the culture of intoxication in the United Kingdom. Substance Use & Misuse, 50(6), 747-758. Doi: 10.3109/10826084.2015.978643

Ballard, K. & Elston, M. A. (2005). Medicalisation: A multi-dimensional concept. Social Theory & Health, 3(3): 228-241. Doi: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700053

Beccaria, F., Petrilli, E. & Rolando, S. (2015). Binge drinking vs. drunkenness: the questionable threshold of excess for young Italians. Journal of Youth Studies, 18(7), 823-838. Doi: 10.1080/13676261.2014.992321

Bell, A. (2016). ‘I don't consider a cup performance; I consider it a test’: masculinity and the medicalisation of infertility. Sociology of Health and Illness, 38(5), 706-720. Doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12395

Chrisler, J.C. & Gorman, J.A. (2016). Adventures in feminist health psychology: Teaching about and conducting feminist psychological science. In T.A. Roberts et al. (eds.), Feminist perspectives on building a better psychological science of gender (pp. 161-177). Springer.

Christiansen, D. M., McCarthy, M. M., & Seeman, M. V. (2022). Where sex meets gender: How sex and gender come together to cause sex differences in mental illness. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 856436. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.856436

Clark, M. (2015). The gender dimension of non-medical use of prescription drugs in Europe and the Mediterranean region. Conseil de l'Europe. https://rm.coe.int/the-gender-dimension-of-non-medical-use-of-prescription-drugs-in-europ/168075bac0

Conlin, S. E., Douglass, R. P., Moradi, B., & Ouch, S. (2021). Examining feminist and critical consciousness conceptualizations of women’s subjective well-being. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(3), 391-422. Doi: 10.1177/0011000020957992

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Godoy-Izquierdo, D., de Teresa, C., & Mendoza, N. (2024). Exercise for peri-and postmenopausal women: Recommendations from synergistic alliances of women's medicine and health psychology for the promotion of an active lifestyle. Maturitas, 185, 107924. Doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2024.107924

Godoy-Izquierdo, D., Lara-Moreno, R., Ogallar-Blanco, A., González, J., de Teresa, C., & Mendoza, N. (2023). The AHAWOMEN project: study protocol of a multi-design research for exploring HAPA predictors of exercise in postmenopausal women. BMC Psychology, 11(1), 204. Doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01245-9

Haraway, D. (2020). Situated knowledges: The science question in feminism and the privilege of partial perspective. In Feminist theory reader (pp. 303-310). Routledge.

Hunt, G., & Antin, T. (2017). Gender and intoxication: from masculinity to intersectionality. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 26(1), 70-78. Doi: 10.1080/09687637.2017.1349733

Inhorn, M. C, & Whittle, K. L. (2001). Feminism meets the "new" epidemiologies: toward an appraisal of antifeminist biases in epidemiological research on women´s health. Social Science and Medicine, 53, 553-67. Doi: 10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00360-9

Irfan, S. D., Khan, M. N. M., & Khan, S. I. (2021). Tales of gender-based oppression and violence: Risks and vulnerabilities of women who inject drugs (WWID) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Drug Policy, 92, 103144. Doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103144

Norström, T., Rossow, I., & Pape, H. (2017). Social inequality in youth violence: The role of heavy episodic drinking. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (2), 162-169. Doi: 10.1111/dar.12582

Jessell, L., Mateu-Gelabert, P., Guarino, H., & Fong, C. (2022). Why young women who use opioids are at risk for rape: the impact of social vulnerabilities and sexually coercive drug using contexts. Violence Against Women, 30(5), 1035-1052. Doi: 10.1177/107780122211379

Johnson, D. F. (2020). Waking up the dissident: transforming lives (and society) with feminist counseling. Journal of International Women's Studies, 21(2), 15. Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol21/iss2/15

Locke, A. (2023). Putting the ‘teachable moment’ in context: a view from critical health psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(1), 3-16. Doi: 10.1177/13591053221101

Mootz, J. J., Fennig, M., & Wainberg, M. L. (2022). Barriers and facilitators of implementing integrated interventions for alcohol misuse and intimate partner violence: A qualitative examination with diverse experts. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 137, 108694. Doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108694

Mutatayi, C., Morton, S., Soto, N. R., Kristín I. Pálsdóttir, & Pires, C. V. (2022). Implementing a gender approach in drug policies: prevention, treatment and criminal justice: a handbook for practitioners and decision makers. Available at: https://rm.coe.int/2022-ppg-implementing-a-gender-approach-in-drug-policies-a-pg-handbook/1680a66835

Nutt, R. L., & Williams, E. N. (2018). Feminist critique of and integration with diagnostic and therapeutic treatment models. In C. B Travis et al. (Eds.), APA handbook of the psychology of women: Perspectives on women's private and public lives (pp. 21–38). American Psychological Association.

Pavón-Benítez, L., Romo-Avilés, N., & Tarancón-Gómez, P. (2022). “In my village everything is known”: sexting and revenge porn in young people from rural Spain. Feminist Media Studies, 22(8), 2020-2036. Doi: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1935290

Romo-Avilés, N., García-Carpintero, M. A., & Pavón-Benítez, L. (2020). Not without my mobile phone: alcohol binge drinking, gender violence and technology in the Spanish culture of intoxication. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 27(2), 154-164. Doi: 10.1080/09687637.2019.1585759

Romo-Avilés, N., Hernández-Padilla, M., Pavón Benítez, L., Ruiz-Repullo, C., & Tarriño-Concejero, L. (2024) “They are survivors”: Violence against women drug users: a qualitative analysis of the professionals’ narratives. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 31(6), 678-687. Doi: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2269298

Romo-Avilés, N., Tarriño-Concejero, L., Pavón-Benítez, L., & Marín-Torres, J. (2024). Addressing gender-based violence in drug addiction treatment: a systematic mapping review. International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 22, 3656–3682. Doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01072-4

Romo-Avilés, N., Pavón-Benítez, L., & Tarancón-Gómez, P. (2023). “Keeping your composure”: A digital ethnography of gendered alcohol norms on Instagram. International Journal of Drug Policy, 112, 103936. Doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103936

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Gendered Innovations 

https://genderedinnovations.stanford.edu/

Gender equality and health

http://www.sophie-project.eu/videos.htm

Wola Project

https://womenanddrugs.wola.org/

Redes - La mirada de Elsa - Drogas, el alcohol. 2013.

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/redes/redes-mirada-elsa-drogas-alcohol/1698835/

Nuria Romo. Gender and Drugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezwUwwOCZRY

FIRST CALL

Continuous assessment throughout the duration of the course and two assessment methods:

Assessment method 1:

Attendance, active participation in class discussions (15%).

Preparation, understanding and presentation of readings (20%)

Assessment method 2:

Students are expected to complete one formative essay (40%)

Preparation, presentation and quality of the final work (references, style, presentation, content, sources and bibliography).

Presentation of the student’s work in a group session (25%).

Any form of plagiarism in any of the activities or assignments (including unauthorized use of IA) will lead to the final grade 0% and to whatever legal measures the UGR or/and the GEMMA Consortium may decide to impose. 

SECOND CALL

Students who have not been evaluated through continuous assessment or who have failed in the first call will be asked to submit the following:

Assessment method:

Students are expected to complete one formative essay (70%)

Preparation, presentation and quality of the final work (references, style, presentation, content, sources and bibliography).

Defense and work presentation on public session (30%).

Any form of plagiarism in any of the activities or assignments (including unauthorized use of IA) will lead to the final grade 0% and to whatever legal measures the UGR or/and the GEMMA Consortium may decide to impose. 

"Article 8 of the Regulations for Evaluation and Qualification of the Students of the University of Granada establishes that the student who cannot comply with the continuous evaluation method for justified reasons may be eligible for the single final evaluation"

Assessment method :

Students are expected to complete one formative essay (100%)

Students and teachers play an active role in the teaching-learning process.The teacher is responsible for the presentation and development of active debates.

Students should prepare the readings autonomously.

The readings will be analysed and discussed in class.

Each student will write a final paper that will be presented and discussed with the group.

Information of interest for students with disabilities and/or Specific Educational Support Needs (NEAE): Management of services and supports (https://ve.ugr.es/servicios/atencionsocial/ Estudiantes-con-discapacidad).