This collection features information for clinicians and substance use disorder treatment providers who serve pregnant and parenting women. The collection includes:
- A link to the comprehensive Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit created by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, and the HMA Institute on Addiction
- A link to the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center’s resource library for family-centered behavioral health support for pregnant and postpartum women
- An educational toolkit with resources for providers and patients on perinatal drug exposure including patient information guides from Northern Arizona Healthcare, the Arizona Substance Abuse Task Force, and the Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs
- A 2018 guideline from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on treating pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants
- A 2018 guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics on providing supportive, culturally appropriate care when treating neonatal abstinence syndrome in American Indian/Alaska Native populations
- A link to the Indian Health Services website for maternal health
- A readiness assessment and implementation guide for clinicians implementing the Ohio Maternal Opiate Medical Support (MOMS) model of providing prenatal, obstetrical, and postpartum care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder
- A shared decision-making tool for use by pregnant women and their providers that uses plain language to address multiple pregnancy related issues such as ensuring support for new moms, housing, food and patient safety
- A toolkit with screening tools, treatment guidelines, sample forms and policies, and patient education resources for family medicine, obstetric, pediatric, and addiction medicine providers treating pregnant women and their children from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- A 2-page summary of the Maine guidelines with clinician checklists for caring for pregnant women with substance use disorders during the first, second and third trimesters and postpartum period
Clinicians and treatment providers may also want to review the collections on integrated care models for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder and family-centered substance use disorder treatment.
In the 1990s, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided grants to create family-centered, residential substance use disorder treatment programs that allowed children to reside with their parents. This 2004 case study looks at the Families in Transitions program Continue reading →
This research study summary looks at Project Nurture, an integrated prenatal and postpartum care program for pregnant mothers with substance use disorder and their infants. Continue reading →
The Bexar County, Texas Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) collaborative works to improve outcomes for mothers and infants affected by substance use disorder. Continue reading →
This 2019 report from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides recommendations to the Indian Health Service on appropriate assessment and treatment of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) in American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) populations. Continue reading →
This 2007 report from a symposium on family-centered substance use disorder treatment (SUD) sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) describes options for supporting families during SUD treatment along the continuum of care, including residential treatment programs that allow children to reside with their mothers during treatment. Continue reading →
This 4 minute video titled “The Unmet Need for Family Planning Services in Addiction Treatment Settings” from a Clinical Nurse Educator at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction describes the need for offering non-coercive family planning services to women with substance use disorders and provides guidance for clinicians in how to talk to patients about family planning options. Continue reading →
The comprehensive Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit was created by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, and HMA Institute on Addiction. This toolkit provides information on treating mothers and newborns from the prenatal period through hospital discharge with a focus on opioid-related conditions. Continue reading →
The authors of this open-source journal article looked at whether the enactment of policies that penalized substance use in pregnancy was associated in changes in the rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) reported in those states. Continue reading →
This policy brief from the National Academy for State Health Policy reviews Medicaid strategies for identifying and caring for pregnant women with substance use disorders. The report provides a high-level overview of programs operational in 5 states: Connecticut, Florida, Tennessee, Montana, and Vermont. Continue reading →