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Multi-service Prevention Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women With Substance Use and Multiple Vulnerabilities:

Program Structure and Clients’ Perspectives on Wraparound Programming

1.5 CE Hour
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About the Course

This course examines the benefits of multi-service prevention programs for vulnerable pregnant or parenting women in Canada. It includes: Multi-service programs for women who are pregnant and/or parenting and use substances, Co-Creating Evidence Evaluation Project, Wrap-around services offered by the CCE programs: How services are delivered through the program’s staffing and via partnerships; Wrap-around services offered by the CCE programs: What is offered and how do clients engage with their program’s services and supports; Wrap-around services help ensure women access a wide range of needed primary care, as well as prenatal, postnatal and mental health care; Programs’ support in relation to women’s child welfare issues promotes collaboration, common understanding of expectations, and helps to prevent child/infant removals; and Cultural programming promotes women’s (re)connection to traditional knowledge and teachings, and to holistic and land-based healing practices.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Multi-service Prevention Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women With Substance Use and Multiple Vulnerabilities: Program Structure and Clients’ Perspectives on Wraparound Programming created by Deborah Rutman et al in 2020.

Publication Details

Publication Date: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Aug 2020

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Deborah Rutman
Dr. Deborah Rutman is the Principal at Nota Bene Consulting Group in Victoria, BC, Canada. She has extensive experience in program evaluation and research related to women’s health and social determinants. This is not her first work published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Carol Hubberstey
Carol Hubberstey is a Senior Researcher at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She specializes in research and program evaluation related to health and social services. This is not her first work published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Target Audience

Counselors, doctors, marriage and family therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Discuss strategies for effectively engaging women in multi-service programs designed for pregnant and parenting women with substance use issues.
  2. 2 Identify the most effective services offered in multi-service programs and their impact on maternal and child health outcomes.
  3. 3 Describe approaches to mitigate child welfare involvement and prevent child/infant removals among families receiving multi-service program support.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

1.5 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 103605

Related Topics

Motherhood Women Pregnancy Distinct Populations

Availability

This course is available until Nov 5th, 2034.

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