Integrating reproductive health care into substance use disorder services

Abstract

People who use drugs face layered stigma and barriers to accessing reproductive health care services. At the same time, they have unique needs for compassionate, trauma-informed, low-barrier reproductive health care. We review the literature on collocated reproductive health care and substance use treatment services in this population and advocate for expansion of reproductive health care services at sites providing care for substance use disorder. Through this review article, we outline the evidence for and best practices in collocating reproductive health care within substance use disorder services.

Keywords: Reproductive health; perinatal addiction; pregnancy; substance use disorder; women.