Iowa can lead the way by investing in comprehensive, statewide education campaigns that focus on the realities of substance use disorder, highlighting that it is a health issue, not a moral failing.

Pregnant and parenting people with opioid use disorder commonly experience stigma, or the enactment of negative attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes, during their pregnancy and at delivery. We will describe four different domains of stigma: self, interpersonal, structural, and policy, and discuss how they intersect to amplify the experiences of shame, anxiety, isolation, lack of trust for birthing people and parents that can contribute to the avoidance of prenatal care and substance use treatment which can impact pregnancy and infant health outcomes.

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative | Impact of Stigma on Perinatal Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative | Impact of Stigma on Perinatal Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative | Impact of Stigma on Perinatal Patients with Substance Use Disorder