A Case Report on a Women's Residential Substance use Program in a Rural and Urban Setting.

Purpose: To describe program characteristics and outcomes of a residential substance use recovery program serving pregnant and parenting women in a rural and urban location.

Description: This assessment of administrative records from April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2022, included women in a rural (n = 140) and urban (n = 321) county in Kentucky.

Assessment: This retrospective case study used descriptive and non-parametric analyses to assess the population and examine differences between locations, race, and ethnicity for women served.

A case study on variations in network structure and cross-sector alignment in two local systems serving pregnant and parenting women in recovery.

Objective: To describe network structure and alignment across organizations in healthcare, public health, and social services sectors that serve pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder (SUD) in an urban and a rural community.

Data Sources And Study Settings: Two community networks, one urban and one rural with each including a residential substance use treatment program, in Kentucky during 2021.

Study Design: Social network analysis measured system collaboration and cross-sector alignment between healthcare, public health, and social services organizations, applying the Framework for Aligning Sectors.