Infants Born to Mothers in Buprenorphine Treatment during Pregnancy: Involvement with Child Protective Services

Integrated prenatal and substance use disorder treatment is associated with mothers maintaining legal custody at birth. Use of nonprescribed/ illicit opioids and/or stimulants during the third trimester reduces the likelihood of maintaining legal custody. Better collaboration between the health and...

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Published inChild welfare Vol. 99; no. 6; pp. 27 - 39
Main Authors O'Connor, Alane B, O'Brien, Liam M, Staring, Katelyn, Gurenlian, Laura, Alto, William
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Child Welfare League of America, Inc 01.11.2022
Subjects
Algorithms
Babies
Buprenorphine
Cesarean section
Child Neglect
Child welfare
Collaboration
Cost reduction
Drug dosages
Drug overdose
Drug use
Drug withdrawal
Family roles
Foster care
Health care expenditures
Health services
Hepatitis
Hospitalization
Infants
Intervention
Maternal and infant welfare
Medical treatment
Methadone
Mothers
Narcotics
Opioids
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Social agencies
Social services
Stimulants
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Substance use
Substance use disorder
Supervision
Toxicology
Womens health
Young Children
United States > US
Maine
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Summary:Integrated prenatal and substance use disorder treatment is associated with mothers maintaining legal custody at birth. Use of nonprescribed/ illicit opioids and/or stimulants during the third trimester reduces the likelihood of maintaining legal custody. Better collaboration between the health and social services agencies would potentially reduce costs and improve outcomes for pregnant women with opioid use disorder.
ISSN:0009-4021