Maternal Drug Abuse Data Archive (MDA)

Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the collection includes data on the following topics: the prevalence of drug use among pregnant women and women of childbearing age; demographic characteristics of pregnant drug users; types and patterns of illicit drug use; social, psychological and economic antecedents of pre- and perinatal drug abuse; the effects of pre- and perinatal substance use on pregnancy complications and neonatal status; and the effects of fetal alcohol and drug exposure on children's physical, neurobehavioral, psychological and social development.

The MDA collection contains 7 studies including: (click above to view information about each study in this collection)

• Developmental Consequences of Prenatal Exposure to Methadone: Chicago, 1978-1984
• The Neonatal Costs of Maternal Cocaine Use: Harlem Hospital, 1985-1986
• The 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
• The 1990 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
• Physical and Social Development in Children Exposed Prenatally to PCP and Cocaine: Project Pride, Los Angeles, 1987-1990
• 1984-1987 Boston City Hospital Maternal Health Habits Project
• California Perinatal Substance Exposure Study, 1992