Patient-centered Care to Address Barriers for Pregnant Women with Opioid Dependence.
Pregnant women affected by substance use often encounter barriers to treatment, including housing insecurity, poverty, mental health issues, social stigma, and access to health care. Providers may lack the resources needed to provide quality care. Clinicians offering prenatal care to women with substance use disorder are encouraged to support family-centered, multidisciplinary care to women and their infants, focusing on harm reduction. Collaboration between providers of maternity care, substance abuse treatment, case management, family primary care, and pediatric developmental care can improve outcomes during pregnancy and through the early years of parenting.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSC 09 5040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Electronic address: msutter@salud.unm.edu.
Mary Beth
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Sutter
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSC 09 5040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Sarah
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Gopman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSC 09 5040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MSC 10 5580, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Lawrence
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Leeman
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009357:Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D037841:Pregnant People; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012923:Social Class; D057545:Social Stigma; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D014481:United States
Harm reduction; Incarceration; Perinatal substance use