CDC Public Health Grand Rounds on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome - Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. ET

Please join us for the August session of CDC Public Health Grand Rounds, Primary Prevention and Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, on Tuesday, August 16, at 1 p.m. (ET).

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) occurs when newborn babies experience withdrawal after being exposed primarily to opioids during pregnancy. It’s a growing problem in the U.S – rates of NAS increased five times between the year 2000 and the year 2012. Effective prevention strategies can include: providing preconception health care, and educating both patients and providers about appropriate use of prescription drugs during pregnancy.

Presented by:

Wanda Barfield, MD, MPHCAPT, U.S. Public Health ServiceDirector, Division of Reproductive HealthNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC“The Problem of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome”

Cheryl S. Broussard, PhDHealth Scientist, Birth Defects Branch
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC“Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: NAS Prevention and Preconception Health”

Kimberly A. Yonkers, MDDirector, Center for Wellbeing of Women and MothersProfessor, Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive SciencesYale University School of Medicine“Prescription Opioid and Substance Use in Pregnancy: Screening and Treatment”

Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MSAssistant Professor, Pediatrics and Health PolicyDivision of NeonatologyVanderbilt University School of Medicine“Using Hospital, State, and Federal Policies to Improve Care to Families Affected by NAS”

A live external webcast will be available via the Webcast Links section of the Public Health Grand Rounds website. If you can’t view the session during the scheduled time, a video of the session will be posted to the archives 2-3 days after the presentation.

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