The Relationship between Prenatal Care, Personal Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Abuse in the Home Environment

Autor/inn/en	Grekin, Emily R.; Ondersma, Steven J.
Titel	The Relationship between Prenatal Care, Personal Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Abuse in the Home Environment
Quelle	In: Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 16 (2009) 5, S.463-470 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7637
Schlagwörter	Prenatal Care; Females; Alcohol Abuse; Drinking; Pregnancy; Risk; Social Indicators; Family Environment; Social Networks; African Americans; Mothers; Low Income Groups; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pränatale Versorgung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Trinken; Schwangerschaft; Risiko; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Familienmilieu; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Afroamerikaner; Mother; Mutter; Messdaten
Abstract	Aims: Nearly one-fourth of African-American women receive no prenatal care during the first trimester of pregnancy. The aim of the current study is to identify factors that underlie inadequate prenatal care among African-American women. Maternal alcohol abuse has been examined as one risk factor for inadequate prenatal care, but findings have been inconsistent, perhaps because (a) alcohol use during pregnancy is substantially under-reported and (b) studies have not considered the wider social network in which maternal alcohol use takes place. The current study attempts to clarify relationships between personal alcohol use, alcohol use in the home environment, and prenatal care in a sample of post-partum women. Methods: Participants were 107 low-income, primarily African-American women. All participants completed a computer-based screening which assessed personal and environmental alcohol use, prenatal care and mental health. Findings: Environmental alcohol use was related to delayed prenatal care while personal alcohol use was not. More specifically, after controlling for demographic variables, the presence of more than three person-episodes of binge drinking in a woman's home environment increased the odds of seriously compromised prenatal care by a factor of seven. Conclusions: Findings suggest the need to further assess environmental alcohol use and to examine the reliability of personal alcohol use measures. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10