Substance Use In Pregnancy: Impacts of State Policies on Maternal and Child Outcomes
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Date of Presentation: October 5th, 2023
Presented by: Laura J. Faherty, MD, MPH, MSHP Senior Physician Policy Researcher | RAND Corporation Professor of Policy Analysis | Pardee RAND Graduate School Associate Director, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Scholars Academy | Maine Medical Center Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Tufts University School of Medicine
CME available for 1 year after presentation
CME Text Code: 84199
Institution/Department
Maine Medical Center, Pediatrics
Publication Date
10-5-2023
Publisher
Maine Medical Center
City
Portland
Keywords
Pediatrics, Substance Abuse, Pregnancy, State Policies, RAND, Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal
Disciplines
Pediatrics
Recommended Citation
Faherty, Laura J., "Substance Use In Pregnancy: Impacts of State Policies on Maternal and Child Outcomes" (2023). Pediatrics Grand Rounds. 32.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/pediatrics_gr/32
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OBJECTIVES:
(1) Describe different ways state policymakers have responded to substance use in pregnancy.
(2) Explain how professional organizations and federal agencies recommend approaching substance use in pregnancy from a policy perspective.
(3) Describe the association between punitive policies and rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome/neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.
(4) Identify the associations between punitive state policies related to substance use in pregnancy and a range of outcomes at the level of the infant, mother, and dyad.