ArticleJournal of ethnographic and qualitative research2020
Stories of Loss: Separation of Children and Mothers Who Use Opioids.
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- Analysis of sexual and reproductive health status in the context of homeless female substance abusers: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Social justice with harm reduction approaches for mothers who use opioids: an international comparative ethnographic study with community engaged methods.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Drug use stigma, accidental pet poisonings, and veterinary care: results from a survey of pet owners in Vancouver, British Columbia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- The impact of social isolation policies during COVID-19 on suburban mothers and pregnant women with opioid use disorder.Women & health · 2024Article
- Language preferences and impact of labels on the lived experience of people who use heroin.Drugs (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- A Different Vision: Centering Love Not Punishment for Families Affected by Substance Use.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Circumstances of overdose among suburban women who use opioids: Extending an urban analysis informed by drug, set, and setting.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
In the present article, we examine the experiences of women who use opioids and have lost children to governing agencies or family members with a focus on access to resources. We conducted 28 qualitative interviews with mothers who misused opioids and lost custody of their children. Their narratives are analyzed within a social capital framework. Mothers with both negative and positive social capital, whose children were removed, desired to regain their maternal role. However, mothers with negative social capital had increased difficulty navigating the judicial system and accessing needed services, were less likely to remain in treatment, more likely to use drugs, and less likely to regain custody of their children than women with positive social capital. We suggest that medical, social, and law enforcement agencies do more to link mothers who misuse opioids with positive social capital in order to increase their participation and retention in treatment and help keep families intact.
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34621462PMC8493853W3203164397What OpenQuestion holds
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