New research from our collaborative and lead by Dr. Celestina Barbosa-Leiker has found a link between increased pregnancy stress and the pandemic.<\/p>\n
“Key Takeaways<\/p>\n
Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “\u201cPregnant women are really stressed about contracting COVID-19,\u201d said lead author Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, vice chancellor for research at WSU Health Sciences Spokane. \u201cThey have a lot of questions for their health care providers. There\u2019s a lot of we don\u2019t know yet, which is understandable, but it\u2019s especially stressful for the moms.\u201d”<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “In the study, 52% of pregnant women and 49% of postpartum women worried about their babies contracting COVID-19, and 46% had sought extra information about COVID-19 protocols from the hospital where they had planned to deliver, or had delivered, their babies.”<\/p>\n You can read the full research article Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New research from our collaborative and lead by Dr. Celestina Barbosa-Leiker has found a link between increased pregnancy stress and the pandemic.<\/p>\n “Key Takeaways<\/p>\n Many pregnant and postpartum women are engaging in unhealthy behaviors to cope with the stress of the pandemic\u2014including drugs and alcohol.
Right now, marijuana is the number one substance for which women seek treatment during pregnancy.
The rise of telemedicine has created additional touchpoints for substance use treatment and prenatal care.”<\/p>\n