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Posted 5/22/2020 (updated 6/2/2020)
To identify Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool tems independently associated with the decision to use pharmacologic therapy and to simplify the FNAST while minimizing loss of information for the treatment decision.
Posted 6/12/2020
The Foundation for Opioid Response (FORE) efforts hosted a webinar on April 23, 2020: Caring for Pregnant and Parenting Women with OUD During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
Posted 6/15/2020
The Opioid Use Disorder, Pregnant Women and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Addressing the Challenges (Part II) webinar took place on June 9, 2020.
Posted 6/12/2020 (updated 6/25/2020)
Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit Best Practices All Best Practices came as a part of the California Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Project
Posted 6/30/2020
The nation’s opioid epidemic continues to compromise the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Federal policymakers and agencies are developing, implementing, and funding strategies focused on turning the tide to address opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses, prenatal substance exposure, dissolution or breakup of families, and financial ruin experienced in communities nationwide.
Posted 9/16/2020 (updated 9/18/2020)
This letter to the editor in The New England Journal of Medicine evaluates the use of an undisclosed, unsanctioned safe consumption site in the United States. The letter begins by discussing the positive outcomes seen through sanctioned safe consumption injection sites in other countries.
Posted 12/2/2020
This Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) issue brief discusses the challenges and opportunities in providing rural community care to women with mental health and substance use treatment needs.
Posted 11/25/2020 (updated 2/11/2021)
The course titled, Plans of Safe Care for Infants Exposed to Opioids, educates pediatricians about best practices in caring for, and supporting families affected by prenatal opioid exposure. Advancing the care coordination and patient- and family-centered pediatric medical home framework, the course supports pediatricians in implementing key recommendations outlined in the newly released clinical report, Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. The topics include, (1) trends and impact of opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy; (2) practical approaches for addressing social attitudes towards pregnant and parenting women with OUD; and (3) discharge planning to support long-term treatment and recovery for the mother-infant dyad during the transition to community care.
Posted 2/17/2021
Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has adversely affected many people’s mental health, including pregnant women and clinicians who provide maternity care, and threatens to develop into a mental health pandemic. Trauma-informed care is a framework that takes into account the effect that past trauma can have on current behavior and the ability to cope and can help to minimize retraumatization during health care encounters. The purpose of this article is to highlight the pressing need for perinatal clinicians, including nurses, midwives, physicians, doulas, nurse leaders, and nurse administrators, to be educated about the principles of trauma-informed care so that they can support the mental health of pregnant women, themselves, and members of the care team during the pandemic.