Webinar Announcement

Prenatal Cannabis Use and Maternal and Child Health in the Context of Cannabis Use Legalization

Prenatal cannabis use has increased in the US despite potential risks to maternal and child health and public health messaging encouraging pregnant women to abstain from cannabis use.

This webinar will discuss trends in and correlates of prenatal cannabis use, potential reasons why prenatal cannabis use is increasing and what researchers, practitioners and policymakers can do to promote health and social equity to protect maternal and child health in a sociopolitical environment where cannabis use is legal and accepted.

Event Information

Date/Time:

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

10:00 - 11:00 am PST / 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST

Registration:

All CPO webinars are free to access but registration is required.

Please note:

This webinar was previously scheduled 1/16/2024 and postponed to a new date (3/20/2024). If you registered for the previous date, we have automatically registered you for the new date and you should have received an email notification with your registration information.

Recording:

The recording of this webinar will be available at cpo.uoregon.edu

Speaker Biography

Dr. Qiana L. Brown is an epidemiologist, translational scientist, social worker and assistant professor at the Rutgers University School of Social Work. From a health equity lens, her research focuses on system-level change to improve maternal and child health, centering on preventing prenatal substance use and examining the role of the built and social environments and health and social policy in shaping substance use and other health outcomes among women, youth and families.

In 2019, Dr. Brown was named one of the Society for the Study of Addiction’s “Women of Future Influence in Addiction Science.” Additionally, she is a member of the Board of Directors for the College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

Dr. Brown earned her PhD in mental health and drug dependence epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in substance abuse epidemiology at Columbia University. She also founded and directed a non-profit, community-based substance use disorder treatment center, Jane's House of Inspiration, named in honor of her late mother.

FREE Continuing Education

Continuing Education Units and Continuing Medical Units are available for attending CPO webinars. Professionals in many fields, such as nurses and psychologists, may be able to apply the CMEs for their professional development requirements for licensure.

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the OHSU School of Medicine and the University of Oregon. The OHSU School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To receive your CEU/CMEs: There will be a poll at the end of the webinar where you can select if you would like to receive a certificate for CEUs/CMEs. The certificate will be emailed to the email address you used to register.

Funding Acknowledgements

Research conducted by the Center on Parenting and Opioids is supported by the National Institute On Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P50DA048756. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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