NIH R01 · 2025
Risk Environments for Pregnant/Postpartum Women who Use Drugs: a longitudinal qualitative study
For women who use drugs (WWUD) in the US, the months they are pregnant and postpartum are among the most hazardous of their lives: the US has the highest maternal mortality rate of all industrialized nations, and up to 26% of maternal deaths in multiple states are attributed to drug use. Public health scientists have largely neglected this crisis. Since 2010, just 1.6% of articles in major addiction journals have addressed pregnancy or the postpartum period; a parallel silence exists in maternal health research. The proposed 4- year longitudinal qualitative study is thus designed to help lay the foundations for a new arena of multilevel epidemiologic research and interventions to help WWUD…
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