Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Protection System Involvement to Age 12 Years
Children with prenatal substance exposure experienced high child protection involvement early in life. Child protection reports represent an opportunity to mobilize nonstigmatizing substance use in pregnancy and antenatal care to prevent escalating child protection interventions.
Authors
- Tasnia Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-2322)
- Timothy Dobbins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-9056)
- BJ Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2299-4029)
- John Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-7902)
- Merran Butler
- Kathleen Falster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2035-5485)
- Madeleine Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-9900)
- Alys Havard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-8804)
- Rhiannon Pilkington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-8496)
- Mark Hanly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-7453)
- Michelle Cretikos
- Jane A. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-8481)
- Anna Williamson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0897-4769)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-070444
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00