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Health Department Contact Information:
Let Us Help You!
FIRST:
Evaluate the clients/patients that
you work with on a daily basis to
identify those currently exposed to
drugs that put them at risk should
they become pregnant.
THEN:
Schedule a representative from the
Health Department to come to
your facility to provide education
on NAS and prevention.
OR:
Make a referral for family planning
to the Health Department by
calling the numbers on the back
of this brochure.
Northeast Tennessee Regional Health
Office
185 Treasure Lane
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 979-3200
(423) 979-3267 Fax
Carter County
403 East "G" Street
Elizabethton, TN 37643
(423) 543-2521
(423) 543-7348 Fax
Neonatal
Abstinence
Syndrome
Greene County
810 West Church Street
P. O. Box 159
Greeneville, TN 37744-0159
(423) 798-1749
(423) 798-1755 Fax
Hancock County
P. O. Box 267
178 Willow Street
Sneedville, TN 37869-0267
(423) 733-2228
(423) 733-2428 Fax
Hawkins County
Rogersville
P. O. Box 488
201 Park Blvd.
Rogersville, TN 37857-0488
(423) 272-7641
(423) 921-8073 Fax
Church Hill
P. O. Box 209
247 Silverlake Road
Church Hill, TN 37642-0209
(423) 357-5341
(423) 357-2231 Fax
Johnson County
715 West Main Street
Mountain City, TN 37683-0027
(423) 727-9731
(423) 727-4153 Fax
Unicoi County
101 Okolona Drive
Erwin, TN 37650-2167
(423) 743-9103
(423) 743-9105 Fax
Washington County
219 Princeton Road
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 975-2200
(423) 975-2210 Fax
A Northeast
Tennessee
Focus
Northeast
Tennessee Regional
Health Office
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
What is Neonatal
NAS in Tennessee
Abstinence Syndrome?
 Generating public awareness of
NAS
 Preventing drug misuse and
abuse from occurring
 Preventing unintended pregnancy
from occurring
 Make it easier for all
reproductive age women who
do not intend to become
pregnant to gain access to
family planning counseling
and services
 Engaging clinical, academic,
and community partners in
prevention efforts
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
is a term for a group of problems a
baby experiences when withdrawing
from exposure to opioids.
What causes Neonatal
Abstinence Syndrome?
Many drugs pass from the mother's
blood stream through the placenta to
the fetus. Substances that cause
drug dependence in the mother also
can cause the fetus to
become dependent.
At birth, the baby’s dependence on
the substance continues. However,
since the drug is no longer available,
the baby’s central nervous system
becomes overstimulated causing the
symptoms of withdrawal.
Local Efforts are focused on
Primary Prevention:
2013
Providers hold the
key to prevention!
To see weekly updates on newborns dependent on drugs in Tennessee, visit
http://health.tn.gov/MCH/NAS/NAS_Summary_Archive.shtml.