2017
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2016.1268240
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Public Health Messages about Perinatal Marijuana use in an Evolving Policy Context

Abstract: Background Marijuana is a commonly used substance in pregnancy in the United States. It is unknown what public health messages about perinatal marijuana use are being disseminated in the changing policy landscape. Methods The authors systematically searched 51 state and 5 federal public health agencies’ Web sites in February 2016 for information about perinatal marijuana use. Of these, 1 federal agency and 10 state agencies had published information about perinatal marijuana use. Content analysis was perform… Show more

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“…The present study fits into an emerging body of knowledge about how the public is engaging with health information during a time of rapid state-level policy change. Our finding that media content tended to focus on health effects, rather than provide advice about quitting marijuana use, is consistent with a previous analysis of content published by state public health agencies (Jarlenski et al, 2016b). However, our results diverge from recent work suggesting that the news media do not frequently cover public health research about marijuana legalization (McGinty et al, 2017; McGinty et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The present study fits into an emerging body of knowledge about how the public is engaging with health information during a time of rapid state-level policy change. Our finding that media content tended to focus on health effects, rather than provide advice about quitting marijuana use, is consistent with a previous analysis of content published by state public health agencies (Jarlenski et al, 2016b). However, our results diverge from recent work suggesting that the news media do not frequently cover public health research about marijuana legalization (McGinty et al, 2017; McGinty et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Legalization of cannabis across the United States has led to a changing legal and social environment with societal challenges that affect families, particularly pregnant and postpartum women who use cannabis ( Krening and Hanson, 2018 ). While recreational or medicinal cannabis use has been legalized in 30 states and the District of Columbia, many of these states have not fully decriminalized possession or use of cannabis which has social and legal repercussions for pregnant/postpartum women who use cannabis: burden on child protection agencies ( Jarlenski et al, 2017b ), strained patient-provider interactions ( American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women, 2011 ), and disciplinary or legal interventions that may have adverse psychosocial effects on a new family ( Roberts and Nuru-Jeter, 2010 ; Roberts and Pies, 2011 ).…”
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“…One previous studying evaluating adult's perceptions of safety of marijuana while pregnant showed that although most of the sample agreed it was completely unsafe, there was still one fourth of the sample that was unsure or thought it may be somewhat safe [13]. Previous literature has also shown that media and public health messages in the US have displayed mixed messages regarding safety of marijuana during pregnancy and the postpartum period [11,12]. The current work expands on previous research by reaching into the perceptions of adults in college on the safety of marijuana during the specific postpartum act of breastfeeding.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A 2018 review of online media content regarding marijuana use during pregnancy and the postpartum period found that only 51% of the content mentioned health risks of use, while 28% supported and promoted using marijuana for the treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy [11]. There is also a shortage of public health messages about the risks of perinatal use of marijuana distributed at the state and federal level in the US [12]. Therefore, the public and current users of marijuana may still be ill informed of the negative consequences of use during pregnancy and lactation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%