A Unique Opportunity to Study Short- and Long-Term Consequences in Children Prenatally Exposed to Illicit Drugs and Opioid Maintenance Treatment Using Czech and Scandinavian Registers

Autor	Roman Gabrhelík, Blanka Nechanská, Viktor Mravčík, Svetlana Skurtveit, Ingunn Olea Lund, Marte Handal
Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Year	2016
Research type	paper in Journal
Annotation	Licit and illicit drug use in pregnant women constitutes a long lasting and serious problem worldwide. Information on long-term effects of maternal drug use on the child is limited. Nationwide registers provide a great potential to study short- and long-term consequences for children exposed to licit and illicit drugs during pregnancy. We discuss this potential, with a special emphasis on exposure to methamphetamine, heroin and prescription drugs used for opioid maintenance treatment (OMT).
Keywords	national health registry, drug use, opioid maintenance treatment, methamphetamine, children, pregnancy
Research type	unrepeated research
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Obor	FK Gynaecology, midwifery, FM Hygienics
Email	roman.gabrhelik@lf1.cuni.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Link	http://apps.szu.cz/svi/cejph/show.php?kat=archiv/2016-3-11
Research location	Ano
Organisation	Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Possible connection	Children and Youth Ratio in population Number of children and young people Expected numbers of children and young people (Summer) recovery activities (form of summer camps)