Advances in Pediatric Research
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Department of Sociology, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT 06103, United States

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• Research Article   
  Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Special Education Needs: A Sibling Study
  Author(s): Ira J Chasnoff* and Margaret Lloyd Sieger
  
  Objective: To determine if prenatal opioid exposure places children at increased risk for using school-based special education services. Method: Using a sibling-based quasi-experimental design via retrospective survey methods, an anonymous survey was distributed to a convenience sample of 2,860 parents/guardians of children with documented prenatal opioid exposure. Data for 720 children from 262 families were collected. The primary outcome was child utilization of special education, 504 plan or school-based behavior services, accounting for biological and environmental determinants via the sibling design, as well as 16 confounders including child age, race, biological sex, other substance exposures, birth weight, gestational age, per capita income, city and receipt of early intervention services. Results:.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2385- 4529.23.10.069

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