Table 5:

Definition of Patient Characteristics^*.

Characteristic	Definition
Number of Patients Screened but not Enrolled	Women who contacted the program but failed to complete an intake evaluation. [Their data are not included anywhere else in the paper.]
Number of New Admissions	The number of women admitted to the program during that fiscal year
Pregnant at Admission	Self-report at intake, confirmed by physician examination subsequent to admissions
Trimester of Admission	Self-report at intake, determined by physician examination subsequent to admission
Racial Background	(1) White; (2) of African descent; (3) of Asian descent; (4) Multi-racial/Other
Education	(1) Uneducated/Illiterate; (1) Primary Education; (2) High School Graduate or General Education Development (GED); or (3) Post-High School Education
Relationship Status	(1) Currently Married; (2) Currently in a Relationship; or (3) Not Currently in a Relationship
Children under 18 years of Age	Whether or not the patient had one or more children under the age of 18
Children outside Their Care	Whether or not the patient had one or more children under the age of 18 placed outside her care
Child Protective Services Involvement	Whether or not the patient had been investigated by Child Protective Services in the past year
Mandated to Treatment	Whether or not the patient had been mandated to treatment by the Department of Social Services or the criminal justice system
Prior Arrest History	Whether or not the patient had been arrested
History of Incarceration	Whether or not the patient had previously been incarcerated in jail or prison
Probation/Court Supervision	Whether or not the patient was current under any time of correctional supervision
Psychoactive Substance Abuse or Dependence	Determined at intake by the Horizons staff member conducting the intake interview, and defined as: (1) Neither; (2) Abuse; or (3) Dependence
Primary Substance of Choice	(1) Opioid Abuse or Dependence; (2) Cocaine Abuse or Dependence; (3) Alcohol Abuse or Dependence; (4) Cannabis Abuse or Dependence; (5) Other Abuse of Dependence; or (6) Polysubstance Dependence
Lifetime History of Intravenous Substance Use	Whether or not the patient had, at any time in their life, injected any substance
Family of Origin Substance Use Problem	Whether or not the patient thought parents and/or siblings had a problem with alcohol or other drugs.
Current Partner Has a Substance Use Problem	Whether or not the patient thought her current partner had a problem with alcohol or other drugs. (Percentages in this article apply only for women who reported they were married or in a relationship.)
Previous Treatment for Substance Use	Whether or not the patient had received treatment for substance use, including medication-assisted withdrawal, but excluding Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous
Lifetime History of Mental Health Treatment	Whether or not the patient had received treatment for a mental health problem, other than substance use
Eating-disordered behavior(s)	Using laxatives or diuretics to manage weight, and/or attempted self-induced emesis
Reported Feelings of Wanting to Hurt Themselves	Whether or not the patient had ever felt like hurting herself
Reported Physical Acts of Hurting Themselves	Whether or not the patient had ever attempted to hurt herself (e.g., cutting herself)
Reported at least One Suicide Attempt	Whether or not the patient had ever tried to commit suicide
Childhood Physical Abuse	Whether or not the patient felt she had ever been physically abused during her childhood
Sexual Abuse	Whether the patient felt she had ever been forced to have sexual activities during her childhood, defined as: (1) None reported; (2) Age 12 or under; (3) Between ages 13 and 18; or (4) After age 18
Lifetime History of Domestic Violence	Whether or not the patient reported a history or physical violence from a partner, and/or felt unsafe with that partner
Felt Unsafe with Their Current Partner	Whether or not the patient felt unsafe with her current partner. (Percentages in this article apply only for women who reported they were married or in a relationship.)

^*Unless otherwise stated, information for all variables were determined from self-report at intake.