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Principles for practice with substance-abusing pregnant women: a framework based on the five social work intervention
1School of Social Work, Greenspun College Of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 89154-5032, USA. apsun@ccmail.nevada.edu
Abstract:
The author discusses components essential to pregnancy-specific substance abuse treatment, based on a review of the literature. Elements and issues related to substance abuse during pregnancy are identified under the five social work intervention roles: teacher, broker, clinician, mediator, and advocate. The concepts and approaches presented in this article can be applied by social workers in residential or outpatient substance abuse treatment programs; hospital prenatal, labor, and delivery units; the child welfare system; public health districts; or community family service centers.
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