Mom and baby:

the original duo

Learn how you can help support Virginia’s mom-baby duos through the VNPC’s Evidence Based Dyad Care – Substance Use Disorder project.

Join EBDC-SUD

The EBDC-SUD project is currently open to any Virginia hospital that would like to join. Those interested should email info@govnpc.org to learn more and get started. All of this work will be rooted in an optimal care and a compassionate mom-baby support framework, to ensure when working with our pregnant and parenting women experiencing substance use disorder they receive the best care to improve outcomes among this population.

February 17, 2025
EBDC Enrollment Begins
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What we’re doing

The Evidence Based in the Dyad Care Substance Use Disorder (EBDC-SUD) project is for all of our pregnant and parenting women who are experiencing the impacts of substance use disorder (SUD). Through EBDC-SUD, Virginia hospitals and birth facilities will implement quality improvement projects to encourage compassionate, high-quality care. EBDC-SUD participants will learn best communications-practices and improve outcomes for mom-baby dyads affected by substance use disorder and neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome.

  • Support women impacted by SUD in asking for help and access care

  • Commit to listening to and addressing parents’ concerns openly

  • Educate on and support harm reduction practices

Substance abuse disorder can impact any Virginian. The EBDC-SUD project helps us take the first step in acknowledging the issue and entering the clinical space with a supportive and open mindset.

4.8

per 1,000 birth hospitalizations in 2022 involved neonatal abstinence syndrome.

3x

More likely to experience Severe Maternal Morbidity if screened positive for SUD at time of birth.

Pilot Hospitals

The following hospitals were part of the initial EBDC-SUD pilot run in 2024:

  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
  • Centra Lynchburg General Hospital
  • Winchester Medical Center
  • UVA Health Medical Center
  • Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Substance Use Environmental Scan

The VNPC is accepting provider responses on a substance use environmental scan. The results from this survey will help us to identify areas of needed improvement in the space of substance exposure and substance use in mothers and infants. Responses are confidential, and the only results shared will be of aggregate summaries.

Please know that no personal identification is required for this survey and sharing it is optional. If you have any further questions or considerations, please reach out to VNPC data analyst, Evan Isaacs, at evan.isaacs@vcuhealth.org.

Please forward this survey to any and all colleagues that work with pregnant and postpartum mothers with substance use and/or substance exposed infants.

Not one and the same.

It’s a common misconception that substance use is the same as substance use disorder. Learn more about substance use disorder by clicking the button below.

Substance Use

Substance use is the act of using a substance, which might be alcohol or drugs.

Substance use disorder

Substance use disorders occur when someone is using alcohol and/or drugs enough that it causes “clinically significant impairment.” This might look like new or worsening health problems, or losing the ability to carry out responsibilities like going to work or picking up the kids from daycare.

Miracle’s Story

A story of resilience in motherhood, childbirth and recovery.

Shared with Miracle’s permission as part of the VNPC’s Turn the Page Project, a series of digital storytelling workshops for pregnant and parenting women to provide a supportive space where each respective group can gather to reflect, share their stories, and learn from each other.