Published Works from Our Team - Canadian Perinatal Opioid Project

Resource Hub

We’ve compiled a list of important resources for pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, and some of our team’s previous research.

Published Works from Our Team

Research

Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Opioid Toxicity and Mortality

Research

Prescription Medication Use in Pregnancy in People with Disabilities: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Research

The Use of Prescription Medications and Non-Prescription Medications During Lactation in A Prospective Canadian Cohort Study

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Maternal Opioid Treatment After Delivery and Risk of Adverse Infant Outcomes: Population Based Cohort Study

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Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Well-Child Care In the First 2 Years of Life: Population-Based Cohort Study

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Safety of Prenatal Opioid Analgesics: Do Results Differ Between Public Health Insurance Beneficiary and Population‐Based Cohorts?

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New Persistent Opioid Use After Childbirth

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Categorization of Opioid Use Among Pregnant People and Association With Overdose or Death

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Risk of Postpartum Opioid Use Disorder or Opioid Overdose After Prenatal Opioid Analgesic Use

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Reviewing the Evidence on Prenatal Opioid Exposure to Inform Child Development Policy and Practice

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Prevalence of Prenatal Opioid Exposure in Ontario, Canada, 2014-2019

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Identification of Prenatal Opioid Exposure Within Health Administrative Databases

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Prenatal Opioid Analgesics and the Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes

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A Core Outcome Set for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

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Long-Term Mortality In Mothers of Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Population-Based Parallel-Cohort Study In England and Ontario, Canada

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Oral Morphine Weaning for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome at Home Compared with In-Hospital: An Observational Cohort Study

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Systematic mixed‐study review of nonpharmacological management of neonatal abstinence syndrome

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Impact of timing of methadone initiation on perinatal outcomes following delivery among pregnant women on methadone maintenance therapy in Ontario.

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Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal and Antenatal Opioid Prescribing

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Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Research Project with 13 First Nations Communities in Ontario.

Podcast

JAMA Network Open Conversations – Categorization of Opioid Use Among Pregnant People, and Association With Overdose or Death

Video

Leong Centre Rounds – Prenatal Opioid Exposure: Supporting Healthy Beginnings

Advocacy

Information Sheet on Pregnancy, Opioid Toxicity & Death created with community partners for International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, 2025.

Video

Webinar: Opioids & Pregnancy and Parenting: Supporting Families with Real Data and Real Stories (March 2026)

Advocacy

Summary of Clinical Practice Guidelines for People who Use Opioids in Pregnancy for International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, 2026.

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