Ongoing calls for police reform across North America alongside the growing momentum for
the removal of criminal sanctions for personal possession of drugs have placed policing …

Objectives. To identify key gaps in overdose prevention interventions for mothers who use
drugs and the paradoxical impact of institutional practices that can increase overdose risk in …

Abstract Families who have contact with child welfare services (CWS) often face a number of
socioeconomic and psychosocial challenges, which may have led to the parents being …

Background: Medical professionals are key components of child maltreatment surveillance.
Updated estimates of reporting rates by medical professionals are needed. Methods: We …

Among young people who use drugs in the context of entrenched poverty and
homelessness, pregnancy is often viewed as an event that can meaningfully change the …

The increased medical strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for
medical direction and leadership in many organizations. Suddenly school systems …

Background A growing body of research details the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic-related
public health directives and service disruptions on people who use unregulated drugs …

Incarcerated mothers experience multiple forms of harm embedded within the criminal legal
system, yet relatively little attention has been paid to incarcerated mothers' experiences of …

Introduction: In 2016, 5,712 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women and girls were
reported missing in the United States. In Canada, 4% of the population is Indigenous, yet …

Objective. Clinicians caring for families impacted by substance use disorder often feel
uncomfortable assessing for child protective concerns in the setting of non-prescribed …