Neonatal Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
Neonatology, Princess Royal Maternity, Glasgow, UK.
Arch Dis Child. 2021 Jan;106(1):80-82. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316440. Epub 2019 Dec 13.
Children of drug-misusing women are a vulnerable group. Data describing the pattern of accommodation placements are lacking. We investigated 10- to 12-year accommodation outcomes of children born to drug-misusing mothers at a single maternity hospital. 94% of mothers were prescribed maintenance methadone during pregnancy and at least 87% poly-drug used.Data were successfully matched for 132 children (29% of the original cohort of 450 babies). These children had a total of 291 placements (median 2 (range 1-6)), only 28.5% of which were with the birth parents. At 10-12 years, 54 (41%) were in the care of their parent(s).83% (109/132) were discharged from the maternity hospital to their birth parents; 41% of these children (54/132) remained with their parents at 10-12 years. Of the 23 children not discharged from the maternity unit to their parents, 70% remain within the care system or have been adopted at 10-12 years of age.
吸毒妇女的子女是一个弱势群体。缺乏描述其住宿安置模式的数据。我们调查了一家妇产医院中吸毒母亲所生的 10 至 12 岁儿童的住宿结果。94%的母亲在怀孕期间和至少 87%的母亲同时使用多种药物。成功匹配了 132 名儿童的数据（原始 450 名婴儿队列的 29%）。这些孩子总共经历了 291 次安置（中位数为 2（范围 1-6）），只有 28.5%的安置是与亲生父母在一起。在 10-12 岁时，54 名儿童（41%）由父母照顾。83%（109/132）从妇产医院出院回到亲生父母身边；在 10-12 岁时，这些孩子中有 41%（54/132）仍与父母在一起。在 23 名未从妇产病房出院给父母的儿童中，70%的儿童在 10-12 岁时仍在护理系统内或已被收养。
