Opioid use creates ‘public health emergency’ for pregnant Native women [Indian Country Today]
Medical treatment that uses culture and tradition allows for more community engagement to help the women, babies, and families. The Indian Health Service is working with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to create an opioid-use treatment program tailored for American Indian and Alaskan Native women who are pregnant or of reproductive age. “American Indian or Alaska Native women have the highest risk of dying from a prescription opioid overdose,” according to the Centers...