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Psychological Distress and Cognitive Function in Women: Exploring Potential Mediation by Use of Opiates, Sleep Aids, or Minor Tranquilizers. 女性的心理困扰和认知功能:探索使用阿片类药物、助眠剂或少量镇静剂的潜在调解作用。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0991
Laura Sampson, Rebecca B Lawn, Audrey R Murchland, Jiaxuan Liu, Camille I D Marquez, Arielle A J Scoglio, Shaili C Jha, Jennifer A Sumner, Andrea L Roberts, Jae H Kang, Lori B Chibnik, Karestan C Koenen, Laura D Kubzansky
{"title":"Psychological Distress and Cognitive Function in Women: Exploring Potential Mediation by Use of Opiates, Sleep Aids, or Minor Tranquilizers.","authors":"Laura Sampson, Rebecca B Lawn, Audrey R Murchland, Jiaxuan Liu, Camille I D Marquez, Arielle A J Scoglio, Shaili C Jha, Jennifer A Sumner, Andrea L Roberts, Jae H Kang, Lori B Chibnik, Karestan C Koenen, Laura D Kubzansky","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0991","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0991","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Objectives:</i></b> Distress, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, is associated with lower cognitive function and higher use of medications, including sleep aids, opiate pain relievers, and minor tranquilizers. Whether use of these medications is linked to lower cognitive function, and whether such medication use might partially explain the relationship between distress and cognition remains unclear. Using data from 10,653 women in the Nurses' Health Study II, we assessed associations between distress and past-month medication use; medication use and cognitive function; and whether medication use mediates the distress-cognitive function relationship. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Distress was defined using validated measures of PTSD and depression. To consider possible joint effects of experiencing both forms of distress, we derived a continuous, standardized distress score including symptoms of both PTSD and depression, and a six-level categorical variable indicating the presence/absence of trauma, PTSD, and depression. Past-month medication use was self-reported. Cognitive function was measured with the Cogstate Brief Battery, yielding composite score measures of psychomotor speed/attention and learning/working memory. We fit linear regression models for continuous outcomes, logistic regression for dichotomous outcomes, and conducted causal mediation analysis using a counterfactual framework. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Higher distress was associated with use of all three medications (e.g., a 1-standard-deviation higher continuous distress score was associated with 1.5 times the adjusted odds of past-month opiate use [95% confidence interval: 1.40, 1.60]). Associations between past-month medication use and cognitive function were mixed. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> We did not find clear evidence of mediation by medication use, suggesting that distress may influence cognitive function <i>via</i> other pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":"924-936"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12241842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143989078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Health Care Utilization Among Post-Stroke Women: Associations with Perceived Racism. 中风后妇女的医疗保健利用:与感知种族主义的关系
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0944
Molly Jacobs, Angela Miles, Charles Ellis
{"title":"Health Care Utilization Among Post-Stroke Women: Associations with Perceived Racism.","authors":"Molly Jacobs, Angela Miles, Charles Ellis","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0944","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Post-stroke health care is crucial for recovery and preventing complications. This study explored the association between perceived racism and health care utilization among post-stroke women, highlighting the disparate utilization patterns of marginalized racial/ethnic women. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> The 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey was used to characterize health care utilization among women with stroke diagnoses across different racial groups: White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Asian, Islander, Alaska Native/Other/Multiracial. Logistic regression analysis characterized the association between three types of health care utilizations-having a health insurance plan, a health care provider, and receiving a routine checkup-and perceived race-based treatment in the medical sector. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The sample included 10,184 post-stroke women: 75.01% White, 12.42% Black, 6.77% Hispanic, and 5.80% Asian/AIAN/Other/multiracial. Only 2.95% of White women reported worse treatment, compared with 10.74% of Black, 13.19% of Asian/AIAN/Other/multiracial, and 8.85% of Hispanic women. Regression analysis revealed that Hispanic women (odds ratio [OR] = 0.61, confidence interval [CI] = 0.17, 0.84) were less likely to have a health plan, though those receiving similar or better treatment had higher odds (OR = 1.55, CI = 1.62, 3.90). Black women were less likely to have a routine checkup (OR = 0.51, CI = 0.14, 0.77), but those receiving similar or better treatment had higher odds (OR = 2.72, CI = 1.64, 11.63). Women from other racial/ethnic groups, Black, and Hispanic women had lower odds of having a personal provider (ORs ranging from 0.17 to 0.69), though those receiving similar or better treatment had higher odds (ORs ranging from 1.79 to 3.39). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Perceived differences in treatment in the medical sector among marginalized post-stroke women were significantly associated with lower health care utilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":"905-917"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142971463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Combined Mammographic Breast Density and Breast Arterial Calcification as an Incremental Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease. 联合乳房x线摄影乳腺密度和乳腺动脉钙化作为冠状动脉疾病的增量预测因子。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0966
Emma Aldous, Vinay Goel, William Cameron, Chee Yeong, Nushrat Sultana, Rachael Hii, Huong Tu, Anthony Salib, Edwin Xu, Sarang Paleri, Sheran Vasanthakumar, Rhea Nandurkar, Andrew Lin, Nitesh Nerlekar
{"title":"Combined Mammographic Breast Density and Breast Arterial Calcification as an Incremental Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease.","authors":"Emma Aldous, Vinay Goel, William Cameron, Chee Yeong, Nushrat Sultana, Rachael Hii, Huong Tu, Anthony Salib, Edwin Xu, Sarang Paleri, Sheran Vasanthakumar, Rhea Nandurkar, Andrew Lin, Nitesh Nerlekar","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0966","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> Contemporary risk calculators underestimate coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in women. Breast arterial calcification (BAC) associates with CAD. Low breast density (BD) (greater breast adipose tissue) associates with cardiometabolic disease. Both are readily identifiable on screening mammography. We sought to evaluate the association between the combined features of BD, BAC, and CAD. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We retrospectively studied women with clinically indicated mammography and contemporaneous coronary computed tomography angiography. CAD risk was estimated by CAD Consortium Scoring (CCS;>15% high risk). BD was visually assessed by four-level Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) (low:BI-RADS A-B, high:BI-RADS C-D). BAC was visually assessed as present/absent. CAD was categorized as presence/absence of coronary artery plaque. Results are presented with odds ratio (OR) and [95% confidence intervals], and area under the curve (AUC). <b><i>Results:</i></b> In 153 patients (age 62 ± 10), low BD (67%) and BAC presence (24%) were both associated with CAD, respectively: OR: 3.21 [1.58-6.60], <i>p</i> = 0.001, and OR: 4.36 [1.58-12.00], <i>p</i> = 0.004. CAD proportion in low BD (68.9%) and BAC (42.9%) was lower than with combined low BD+BAC positive (89.7%). Compared with (high BD+BAC negative), the presence of (low BD+BAC positive) associated with CAD independent of modifiable (OR: 9.12 [2.44-45.83], <i>p</i> = 0.002) and nonmodifiable (OR: 4.87 [1.22-25.02], <i>p</i> = 0.035) risk factors. CCS >15% was seen in 33%. Significant incremental value was seen with the addition of BD/BAC status to CCS (AUC 0.64 versus 0.73, <i>p</i> = 0.004). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Mammographic BAC and low BD, both alone and combined, associate with CAD, and improve risk prediction beyond standard coronary risk estimation. Standardized reporting of these features may provide benefit and should be tested in prospective screening studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":"889-896"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Fetal Potassium Chloride Injection at a Single Center Over Time. 单个中心接受胎儿氯化钾注射的患者随时间变化的特征。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0521
Abigail Ludwigson, Anna G Euser, Caroline Walsh, Leilah Zahedi-Spung, Jonathan S Hirshberg, Lindsey French-Stewart, Julie Scott, Shane Reeves, Manesha Putra
{"title":"Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Fetal Potassium Chloride Injection at a Single Center Over Time.","authors":"Abigail Ludwigson, Anna G Euser, Caroline Walsh, Leilah Zahedi-Spung, Jonathan S Hirshberg, Lindsey French-Stewart, Julie Scott, Shane Reeves, Manesha Putra","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0521","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0521","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Changes in the U.S. laws, particularly the Dobbs decision in 2022, altered access to abortions. Fetal potassium chloride (KCl) injections can be used for second- and third-trimester abortions. This descriptive study aims to present the characteristics of patients who received KCl injections in a state with protective laws (Colorado), including pre- and post-Dobbs. Patients undergoing KCl injection at our institution between January 2014 and December 2023 were included. Records were reviewed for demographic data, parity, and procedure details. Distance traveled and area deprivation index (ADI) were determined based on residence data. Group differences pre- and post-Dobbs were analyzed using Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> tests. Subanalyses were performed to compare in-state and out-of-state (OOS) patients. One hundred and nineteen patients were included: 56 pre-Dobbs and 63 post-Dobbs, representing a 6.4-fold increase in volume post-Dobbs. Patients were from 10 states of residence pre-Dobbs and 17 post-Dobbs. Median distance traveled significantly increased post-Dobbs, 29.8 versus 383.9 miles (<i>p</i> = 0.004). The maximum distance traveled was 855 miles pre-Dobbs and 1,201 miles post-Dobbs. ADI did not vary pre- or post-Dobbs. Singleton procedures increased post-Dobbs for all patients. There was no change in gestational duration at the time of procedure across any comparison. Procedure volume and distance traveled increased for both in-state and OOS patients with minimal change in patient characteristics pre- and post-Dobbs. Our data indicate an increased need for these procedures, even in a state with protective laws.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":"768-773"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection During Pregnancy. 妊娠期尿路感染的发病率和治疗的种族差异。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0940
Sandra McAteer, Paige Wartko, Anjum Hajat, Sharon Fuller, Susan M Shortreed, Anne Butler, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Robin Garcia, Sascha Dublin
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection During Pregnancy.","authors":"Sandra McAteer, Paige Wartko, Anjum Hajat, Sharon Fuller, Susan M Shortreed, Anne Butler, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Robin Garcia, Sascha Dublin","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0940","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0940","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur in 10-18% of United States pregnancies and may lead to maternal and neonatal complications. We examined differences in the incidence and treatment of UTI during pregnancy by race and ethnicity. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We conducted a cohort study within an integrated health care system, including members aged 15-49 years with live births, stillbirths, spontaneous abortions, or terminations between January 2011 and August 2023. Self-reported race and ethnicity were documented in the electronic health record (EHR). UTIs were defined from diagnosis, medication, and laboratory data. We used modified poisson regression to estimate the cumulative incidence and adjusted risk ratios ([aRR]; with non-Hispanic [NH] White individuals as a reference) of the first UTI per pregnancy, adjusted for maternal age. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Among 63,029 pregnancies across eight racial and ethnic categories, 5,083 (8.1%) individuals experienced UTI during pregnancy. Cohort mean maternal age was 30.4 years and 75.9% of birth outcomes were live or stillbirths. UTI risk ranged from 7.2% among NH White individuals to 14.3% among NH Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander [NHPI] individuals. Compared to NH White individuals, UTI risk was elevated among NH NHPI (aRR 1.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.50-2.15), NH Black (aRR 1.32, 95% CI 1.19-1.46), NH Asian (aRR 1.13, 95% CI 1.04-1.24), and Hispanic (aRR 1.45, 95% CI 1.32-1.59) individuals. We observed no differences in UTI treatment by race or ethnicity. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> UTI burden during pregnancy is greater among racially minoritized groups, suggesting a need for more focus on upstream risk factors, screening, and alleviating the influence of structural racism on infection risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143971028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Measles: A Reemerging Threat to Women's Health. 麻疹:对妇女健康的新威胁。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2025.0230
Haben Debessai, RaMae A Norton, Kevin A Ault
{"title":"Measles: A Reemerging Threat to Women's Health.","authors":"Haben Debessai, RaMae A Norton, Kevin A Ault","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2025.0230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2025.0230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Two Steps Forward but Miles to Go: Examining "Improved but Insufficient" Legislation to Mandate Insurance Coverage for Medical Fertility Preservation. 前进了两步,但还有很长的路要走:审查“改进但不足”的立法,以强制医疗生育保存保险。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2025.0142
Nina Francis-Levin
{"title":"Two Steps Forward but Miles to Go: Examining \"Improved but Insufficient\" Legislation to Mandate Insurance Coverage for Medical Fertility Preservation.","authors":"Nina Francis-Levin","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2025.0142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2025.0142","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143971035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Barriers to Postpartum Transition to Primary Care. 初级保健临床医生对产后过渡到初级保健障碍的看法。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0353
Ka'Derricka Davis, Kaitlin Huennekens, Abigail M Filicko, Brigid M Dolan, Brittney R Williams, Joe Feinglass, William A Grobman, Michelle A Kominiarek, Lynn M Yee
{"title":"Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Barriers to Postpartum Transition to Primary Care.","authors":"Ka'Derricka Davis, Kaitlin Huennekens, Abigail M Filicko, Brigid M Dolan, Brittney R Williams, Joe Feinglass, William A Grobman, Michelle A Kominiarek, Lynn M Yee","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2024.0353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> The transition from obstetric to primary care is often suboptimal, particularly for individuals with barriers to accessing care. We aimed to understand experiences of primary care clinicians regarding provision of care and their perceptions of barriers to the transition of care in this critical period. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We conducted focus groups with primary care clinicians recruited from diverse, urban health care settings, including an academic medical center, private practice, and federally qualified health centers. Groups were conducted in person or virtually (December 2019 to February 2021) using a semi-structured approach. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method to identify themes regarding barriers to providing primary care to postpartum individuals. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The study included 28 primary care clinicians (26 physicians and two advanced practice providers) who participated in eight focus groups. Clinicians identified multiple barriers to the successful transition from obstetric to primary care in the postpartum period. Clinician-based barriers included the lack of a clear hand-off from the obstetric care team and limited capacity to adequately address social determinants of health. Clinician perceptions of patient-based barriers included adverse social determinants of health such as lack of childcare and financial and transportation limitations, challenges addressing ongoing health needs (such as persistence of postpartum medical conditions), and limited health care engagement. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Our results illustrate multiple complex and interrelated challenges to providing optimal primary care during and after the postpartum period that are related to a fragmented health care system, suboptimal support for complex social needs, and insufficient communication between obstetric and primary care clinicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144000194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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State Policy Variation in Implementation of Federal Drug and Child Abuse Laws and Stigmatization of Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. 联邦药物和儿童滥用法实施中的州政策差异以及阿片类药物使用障碍孕妇和产后个体的污名化。
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0638
MacKenzie R Peltier, Destiny D Pegram, Geetanjali Chander, Constance M Weisner, Sherry A McKee, Hendree E Jones, Grace Chang
{"title":"State Policy Variation in Implementation of Federal Drug and Child Abuse Laws and Stigmatization of Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder.","authors":"MacKenzie R Peltier, Destiny D Pegram, Geetanjali Chander, Constance M Weisner, Sherry A McKee, Hendree E Jones, Grace Chang","doi":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0638","DOIUrl":"10.1089/jwh.2024.0638","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Importance:</i></b> Despite increased initiatives and funding to improve access to evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD), including medications for OUD (mOUD), pregnant/postpartum individuals have significant obstacles to accessing these life-saving medications. <b><i>Observations:</i></b> Current legislation, specifically the <i>Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA)</i>, mandates that the Governor of each state has systems in place to identify and address the needs of substance-exposed infants. However, this legislation removed the word \"illegal\" when defining substance use and left other important words in the law up to each individual state to define. These changes resulted in pregnant/postpartum individuals with OUD who were receiving legally prescribed mOUD, being subject to legal actions. In many states, such notifications result in investigation and punitive actions, which may include the removal of children from the care of postpartum individuals. These state policies have created additional barriers to accessing mOUD for pregnant and/or postpartum individuals. Research has demonstrated that pregnant individuals delay and/or avoid recommended prenatal care or decide to stop taking mOUD altogether, to prevent potential legal and child welfare-related consequences. This situation is problematic as it places individuals at risk of overdose and death and infants at risk of health complications. Importantly, such policies are subject to bias and disproportionately impact individuals of color and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. <b><i>Conclusions and Relevance:</i></b> The need to address and change the criminalization of pregnant/postpartum substance use laws to not penalize individuals adhering to the recommended standard of evidence-based care is urgent. Specific recommendations include: not relying on toxicology testing, reinstating \"illegal/non-prescribed\" language in legislation, implementing Plans of Safe Care, use of a two \"track\" reporting system, and federal support for states complying with Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 2010 (CAPTA) laws, increasing resources to improve outcomes for infants/postpartum individuals with OUD, and additional mandated training to educate key individuals, such as hospital/outpatient clinic providers and child-welfare workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17636,"journal":{"name":"Journal of women's health","volume":" ","pages":"613-621"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12136142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143391174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Severe Maternal Morbidity and Other Perinatal Complications Among Black, Hispanic, and White Birthing Persons With and Without Physical Disabilities. 有和没有身体残疾的黑人、西班牙裔和白人产妇的严重产妇发病率和其他围产期并发症
IF 3 3区 医学
Journal of women's health Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-20 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2024.0694
Willi Horner-Johnson, Bharti Garg, Jonathan M Snowden, Aaron B Caughey, Jaime Slaughter-Acey, Ilhom Akobirshoev, Monika Mitra
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