Spring 2008
 

Coming Your Way...

A statewide policy on perinatal substance abuse

In the next issue, learn more about Iowa’s new, statewide policy for screening/testing and intervention for perinatal substance abuse. The policy calls for health care providers at every Iowa birthing hospital to identify, during pregnancy or birth, pregnant women with addiction concerns, and drug-exposed infants, and to provide treatment and intervention for baby and mother. Developed through a statewide collaboration, this policy has the approval of the Perinatal Care Program Advisory Council of the Iowa Department of Public Health, and is now included in the Perinatal Care Clinical Guidelines.