Substance Use Disorder

Improving Care and Outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorders in Oregon

Substance Use Disorder

Improving Care and Outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorders in Oregon

Background

Comagine Health, the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative, Project Nurture, and many other stakeholders are working together to improve care and outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorders (SUDs) in Oregon. Oregon’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee reports that behavioral health conditions, including SUD, were the underlying cause for 41.2% of all pregnancy-related deaths in the state from 2018 and 20201. Much work is needed increase access to wrap-around behavioral and physical health care for pregnant and postpartum people with SUDs in Oregon to improve care, health, and safety for these mothers and their families.

Comagine Health is regularly convening stakeholder meetings to identify priorities and plan the course of this improvement project. This project seeks to support and further work already being done by providers and people with lived experience across the state. This work began in 2023 and is supported by a 5-year HRSA Maternal Health Innovation grant.

More information on this project will be available soon.

1. Oregon Health Authority. January 2023. Oregon Mortality & Morbidity Review Committee Biannual Report.

Content Last Updated: August 30, 2024