Drug/ alcohol abuse in pregnant women

Drug/ alcohol abuse in pregnant women

1. social factors causing drug and alcohol abuse?

2. statistic of children being born to an addict

3. All you need to know about drugs

   • More than 50% of pregnant women take prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter) drugs or use social drugs (such as tobacco and alcohol) or illicit drugs at some time during pregnancy, and use of drugs during pregnancy is increasing. In general, drugs should not be used during pregnancy unless necessary because many can harm the fetus. About 2 to 3% of all birth defects result from drugs that are taken to treat a disorder or symptom.
     • How Drugs Cross the Placenta: Some of the fetus's blood vessels are contained in tiny hairlike projections (villi) of the placenta that extend into the wall of the uterus. The mother's blood passes through the space surrounding the villi (intervillous space). Only a thin membrane (placental membrane) separates the mother's blood in the intervillous space from the fetus's blood in the villi. Drugs in the mother's blood can cross this membrane into blood vessels in the villi and pass through the umbilical cord to the fetus.
       • types of drugs and their effects on the growing fetus
         • illicit drugs
           • opiods
           • marijauna
           • heroine
           • cocaine
           • crystal meth
         • prescription drugs
           • anti-hupertensives
           • antibiotics
           • antipsychotics
           • antidepressions
   • moms testimonials of what is was like being on drugs while being pregnant

4. political initiatives against the abuse of drugs and alcohol during preganancy?

   • https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/into-the-body-of-another/392522/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share

5. Racial and community statistics of female addicts during pregnancy

   • statistic for African American women
     • African Americans were significantly less likely to be in treatment compared to non-African Americans (15,16). This may be due to experiencing greater barriers to accessing treatment, such as problems with transportation, childcare, and cost, as well as the lack of cultural competence on the part of health care staff
   • statistics for hispanic women
   • statistics for caucasian women
     • white women were nearly eight times as likely to recognize their problem drug/ alcohol use and want to enroll in treatment, compared to African-American women
   • statistics for aboriginal women

6. nursing intiatives against the abuse of drugs and alcohol during pregnancy

   • primary nursing care
   • secondary nursing care
   • tertiary nursing care

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