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INFOGRAPHIC: Recent stats on us of Medications to Treat Opioid Use ( MOUD) for incarcerated pregnant women. View infographic: INFOGRAPHIC Prison MAT paper  

Read the November here.  PRISM Monthly Digest November 2021

Buprenorphine-Naloxone as a Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women Research reaffirms the efficacy, safety, and access of buprenorphine-naloxone as a medication to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD) among women in pregnancy.   What The Data Says • Findings from a systemic review, meta-analysis, and subgroup analysis reinforce...

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Horizons Homestead project today. Horizons Homestead is a 32 unit apartment community that will provide residential housing for the mothers and children participating in our treatment program, integrated into a diverse and conveniently located neighborhood in Chapel Hill. And for the...

INFOGRAPHIC: Sex And Female Empowerment (SAFE): A Successful Sexual Health Intervention For Women In Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) SAFE infographic:Sex and Female Empowerment PDF

The UNC OB/GYN HORIZONS program is featured in the National Institute On Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) article “Your Words Matter” — an article offering information on how to use terms and first-person language to reduce stigma and negative bias when discussing addiction or substance abuse with pregnant women and mothers. UNC...

https://www.med.unc.edu/obgyn/horizons/wp-content/uploads/sites/790/2021/05/COVID-PREGNANCY-NC-1.pdf

As the opioid epidemic has swept NC, the proportion of women at Horizons for whom opioids are the primary substance of abuse has increased steadily – to around 70%. The majority have legal system involvement and are at very high risk of relapse and overdose post-incarceration. One such woman was...

Every day, Dr. Johnson’s smiling face can be seen moving between patient rooms in the Horizons’ onsite OB/GYN clinic, leading the weekly women’s health group, triaging medical questions/concerns for the women and children to prevent unnecessary urgent care and ER visits, consulting with other staff members on patient cases, and...

The Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM Initiative, or NIH HEAL InitiativeSM, is an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis. Hendrée Jones, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the development and examination of both behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women...