Stoneleigh Fellow Meredith Matone discusses the latest findings from her research in a new Policylab brief.
In this PolicyLab and Stoneleigh Foundation Research at a Glance brief, Dr. Meredith Matone studied the vital statistics, medical assistance claims and child welfare records of 16,000 mother-infant pairs in a large Mid-Atlantic city to determine the prevalence of physical and mental/behavioral health conditions among young mothers with a relationship to the child welfare system. She then reviewed prescription claim files and identified any medications prescribed to treat these chronic health conditions. To establish if a young mother experienced discontinuity in the use of a medication, she separately identified medications prescribed in the preconception and postpartum periods.
