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Pregnant and Parenting Women with a Substance Use Disorder: Actions and Policy for Enduring Therapeutic Practice
Nursing Outlook
Vol. 67Issue 2p199–204Published in issue: March, 2019
- Martha A. Jessup
- Sarah E. Oerther
- Bonnie Gance-Cleveland
- Lisa M. Cleveland
- Kim M. Czubaruk
- Mary W. Byrne
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 7
The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) calls for an end to criminal prosecution and punitive civil actions against pregnant and parenting women based solely on their substance use or substance use disorder (SUD). The Academy supports a public health response to the needs of women and their children and families affected by SUDs that incorporates multi-disciplinary culturally- and trauma-responsive models of health care, child welfare, treatment and recovery supports and clinician practices that are in line with the accumulated scientific evidence.