Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy in a general national population in South Africa

South African Journal of Psychiatry

 
 
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Title Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy in a general national population in South Africa
 
Creator Peltzer, Karl Pengpid, Supa
 
Subject Psychiatry; Public health Alcohol use; pregnancy; sociodemographic status; health status; mental health; South Africa
Description Objective: Alcohol use in pregnancy is linked with various negative health effects on the infant. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy and socio-demographic and health correlates.Methods: Data of ever-pregnant women from the cross-sectional ‘South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1) 2011–2012’ were analysed. The sample included 5089 adolescents and adult women aged 15–55 years. They responded to questions on alcohol use, socio-demographic and health indicators.Results: The results indicated that 3.7% (95.0% confidence interval [CI] = 3.1, 4.5) of South African women had engaged in alcohol use during their pregnancy. In adjusted analysis, being mixed race, not employed, poor self-rated health status, ever been diagnosed with tuberculosis and having partial post-traumatic stress disorder were found to be associated with alcohol use during pregnancy.Conclusions: The study findings suggest links between socio-demographic and health variables and prenatal alcohol use, which may have public health policy implications.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-01-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Cross-sectional population-based survey
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1236
 
Source South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 25 (2019); 5 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa 2012 Ever pregnant women
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