Perspectives from women who engaged in prenatal and postpartum cannabis use in a U.S. State with legal non-medical use.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests fetal risks are associated with cannabis use during pregnancy. Yet, insights into women's decision-making and cannabis use during pregnancy are limited. This study explored these concepts with postpartum women who used cannabis during and after pregnancy. We conducted interviews with 15 women (4 self-identifying a race other than White and 4 self-identifying Hispanic ethnicity) who: 1) lived in the Puget Sound region of Washington State, 2) reported past-year cannabis use on a routine screen, and 3) had documented pregnancy and delivery March 2015-May 2017. Semi-structured interviews asked about decision-making and cannabis use during pregnancy and postpartum. We used template analysis for coding and analysis. The key findings included that women: 1) gathered information

SUBMITTER: Kiel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938312 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature