Rural service coordination programming for women using substances and their families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women experiencing substance use during their pregnancies or after the birth of a child report being fearful of losing their children based on care, stigmatized when seeking assistance, and barriers to care such as having to provide the same information to different providers, and having to repeat their lived experiences with substance use in detail. Particularly these service barriers can be confusing, complicated, and difficult to follow, which could lead to non-compliance or not seeking services.

Objectives

We evaluated components of a service coordination program for women experiencing substance use, their children, and larger families who help with caregiving. We examined stakeholder interest in the program, feasibility providing services over time, and initi

SUBMITTER: Cottrell L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462557 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature