Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Pregnant and Parenting Women: Clinical Guides

This collection features information for clinicians and substance use disorder treatment providers who serve pregnant and parenting women. The collection includes:

• A link to the comprehensive Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Toolkit created by the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, and the HMA Institute on Addiction
• A link to the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center’s resource library for family-centered behavioral health support for pregnant and postpartum women
• An educational toolkit with resources for providers and patients on perinatal drug exposure including patient information guides from Northern Arizona Healthcare, the Arizona Substance Abuse Task Force, and the Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs
• A 2018 guideline from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on treating pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants
• A 2018 guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics on providing supportive, culturally appropriate care when treating neonatal abstinence syndrome in American Indian/Alaska Native populations
• A link to the Indian Health Services website for maternal health
• A readiness assessment and implementation guide for clinicians implementing the Ohio Maternal Opiate Medical Support (MOMS) model of providing prenatal, obstetrical, and postpartum care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder
• A shared decision-making tool for use by pregnant women and their providers that uses plain language to address multiple pregnancy related issues such as ensuring support for new moms, housing, food and patient safety
• A toolkit with screening tools, treatment guidelines, sample forms and policies, and patient education resources for family medicine, obstetric, pediatric, and addiction medicine providers treating pregnant women and their children from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
• A 2-page summary of the Maine guidelines with clinician checklists for caring for pregnant women with substance use disorders during the first, second and third trimesters and postpartum period

Clinicians and treatment providers may also want to review the collections on integrated care models for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder and family-centered substance use disorder treatment.