Systemic barriers and stigma: Healthcare provider perspectives on perinatal and neonatal care in the fentanyl crisis.

Introduction: The rise in fentanyl use during pregnancy has created new challenges in caring for women with opioid use disorders (OUD) and their infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NAS/NOWS). Despite complexities in treating opioid-affected dyads, little research exists on healthcare workers' perspectives regarding fentanyl's impact on perinatal and neonatal care.

Objectives: Explore dynamic challenges fentanyl has brought to the care of perinatal women with OUD and their infants experiencing NAS/NOWS from healthcare providers' perspectives.