- Overview
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Women who use substances in pregnancy are an under-studied group that face unique contexts and barriers to services and supports. Left untreated, severe substance use disorders in pregnancy can present significant harms both to mother and baby, including overdose and/or mortality. It is imperative that all women have access to treatments and services that are effective, safe, and acceptable. The goal of our research is to generate evidence to support treatments for pregnant women who use substances, that will allow women with substance use disorders to bond with, and parent their newborns.
- Publications
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Perinatal Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy (iOAT) Administration: A Case Series
Journal of Addiction Medicine
Charissa J. Patricelli and Jessie Chai and Shanlea Gordon and Isabelle J. Gouin and Nicole Carter and Karly Stewart and Vanessa Paquette and Karen Urbanoski and Arianne Albert
DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001152
02/2023Breastfeeding on Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
Journal of Addiction Medicine
Patricelli, C.J. and Gouin, I.J. and Gordon, S. and Carter, N. and Albert, A. and Paquette, V. and Stewart, K. and George, S. and Urbanoski, K.
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001055
2023Perinatal Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy (iOAT) Administration: A Case Series
Journal of Addiction Medicine
Patricelli, C.J. and Chai, J. and Gordon, S. and Gouin, I.J. and Carter, N. and Stewart, K. and Paquette, V. and Urbanoski, K. and Albert, A.
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001152
2023Breastfeeding on Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
Journal of Addiction Medicine
Charissa J. Patricelli and Isabelle J. Gouin and Shanlea Gordon and Nicole Carter and Arianne Albert and Vanessa Paquette and Karly Stewart and Shawn George and Karen Urbanoski
DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001055
08/2022 - Research
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Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy in a Perinatal Population
Injectable opioid agonist therapy (iOAT) is an evidence-based treatment option for severe opioid use disorder (OUD). It is the highest intensity treatment option currently available in Canada for those with severe OUD, and has been successfully introduced in specialized clinics as a way to stabilize those for whom oral opioid agonist treatments have not been effective. However, there is a gap in the literature concerning iOAT administration efficacy and outcomes in perinatal populations. The iOAT-APP study aims to gather critical practice-based evidence for the administration of iOAT in pregnancy.Research Group MembersJamie Corbett, INSPIRE Trainee
Ruth Liu, Clinical Trainee
Gabi Tremblay
Congratulations CIHR Fall 2023 Project Grant recipients
Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded $11 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2023 Project Grant competition.