Pregnant women and mothers who use substances often face significant barriers to
accessing and engaging with substance use services. A scoping review was conducted in …

In the past three decades, there has been increased recognition of the role of gender in
influencing the course of substance use and treatment utilization. Concurrently, a substantial …

In November 2011, the citizens of Mississippi voted down Proposition 26, a “personhood”
measure that sought to establish separate constitutional rights for fertilized eggs, embryos …

Substance use (SU) stigma is one factor contributing to unmet need for SU treatment.
Additionally, theory suggests that women and single parents who use substances …

The use of opioids during pregnancy has grown rapidly in the past decade. As opioid use
during pregnancy increased, so did complications from their use, including neonatal …

This study examines reasons why people do not seek help for alcohol or drug problems by
gender and race/ethnicity using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol …

Abstract Background The United States and Canada have observed sharp increases in
substance use disorder among women of child-bearing or child-rearing age. Substance use …

PROBLEM: Greater awareness of the role of parental substance abuse in child maltreatment
makes it imperative that the substance abuse treatment and child welfare systems …

We study the effect of punitive and priority treatment policies relating to illicit substance use
during pregnancy on the rate of neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome, low birth weight, low …

The purpose of this review is to describe how pregnant and postpartum women with
substance use disorders (SUDs) experience health care encounters in prenatal care, labor …