Although opioid misuse/abuse is considered an epidemic, few randomized control trial (RCT) interventions focus on parental opioid use to improve parenting behaviors and child outcomes. The table below presents a review of parenting interventions among opioid addicted parents. Click on the chart to expand it.
Overall, very few studies (5 total) examine child and parenting outcomes when parents abuse opioids. So far, there are no consistent findings on which parenting practices are associated with improved child outcomes with most studies reporting no significant differences in outcomes. Future studies should focus on including fathers, investigating how parenting programs may reduce opioid use, and distinguish between parental prenatal vs postnatal opioid use.
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