Accommodation outcomes for children of drug-misusing women. Issue 1 (13th December 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Accommodation outcomes for children of drug-misusing women. Issue 1 (13th December 2019)
- Main Title:
- Accommodation outcomes for children of drug-misusing women
- Authors:
- Mitchell, Jennifer
Mactier, Helen - Abstract:
- Abstract : Children of drug-misusing women are a vulnerable group. Data describing the pattern of accommodation placements are lacking. We investigated 10- to 12-year accommodation outcomes of children born to drug-misusing mothers at a single maternity hospital. 94% of mothers were prescribed maintenance methadone during pregnancy and at least 87% poly-drug used. Data were successfully matched for 132 children (29% of the original cohort of 450 babies). These children had a total of 291 placements (median 2 (range 1–6)), only 28.5% of which were with the birth parents. At 10–12 years, 54 (41%) were in the care of their parent(s). 83% (109/132) were discharged from the maternity hospital to their birth parents; 41% of these children (54/132) remained with their parents at 10–12 years. Of the 23 children not discharged from the maternity unit to their parents, 70% remain within the care system or have been adopted at 10–12 years of age.
- Is Part Of:
- Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 106:Issue 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Archives of disease in childhood
- Issue:
- Volume 106:Issue 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 106, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 106
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0106-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 80
- Page End:
- 82
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-13
- Subjects:
- comm child health -- data collection -- drug Abuse -- general paediatrics -- social work
Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals
Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals
618.920005 - Journal URLs:
- http://adc.bmjjournals.com/ ↗
http://www.bmj.com/archive ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316440 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0003-9888
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