Resources on Opioid Use During Pregnancy
For Pregnant People and Families
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Pregnancy and Opioid Pain Medications [English [PDF – 0.99 MB] | Spanish [PDF – 233 KB]
- Brenda’s Story: Rx Awareness
- Learn the Signs. Act Early.
- March of Dimes
- MotherToBaby
- Text4Baby
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
For Healthcare Providers and Public Health Departments
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- Opioid Training for Providers
- Medscape: What We Can Do About Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
- Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
- CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds: Primary Prevention and Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- MMWR Opioid Reports
- The US Opioid Crisis: Addressing Maternal and Infant Health
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
- Indian Health Service (IHS)
- March of Dimes
- NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition) SAMHSA
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women’s Health