ArticleMaternal and child health journal2009
Does religiosity affect health risk behaviors in pregnant and postpartum women?
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- Characteristics of Smoking Behavior Among Poor Pregnant Women in İzmir, Turkey: A Qualitative Study.Turkish thoracic journal · 2021Article
- Mediators of the Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Mortality.American journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- The Relationship Between Religiosity and Health-Promoting Behaviors in Pregnant Women.Western journal of nursing research · 2017Article
- Sexual health is dead in my body: participatory assessment of sexual health determinants by refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and The Netherlands.BMC public health · 2014Article
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- Psychosocial factors associated with patterns of smoking surrounding pregnancy in fragile families.Maternal and child health journal · 2012Article
- Nursing knowledge about alcohol use and alcohol problems in women: a review of the literature.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association · 2010Article
- Spirituality in childbearing women.The Journal of perinatal education · 2010Article
- Role of discrimination and resilience on birth weight: A systematic examination in a sample of Black, Latina, and White women.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Who Do Smokers Feel Ought to Be Responsible for Informing People about the Dangers Associated with Smoking and Regulating Smoking Behaviors?International public health journalArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the association between religious involvement and health risk behaviors such as smoking, drinking, marijuana use, and having multiple sex partners among a multiethnic sample of pregnant and postpartum women.
methodsUsing data from the National Survey of Family Growth, we estimated multivariate logistic regression models to determine the association between various aspects of religious involvement (e.g., attendance, salience, and denomination) and certain behaviors known to be risky for pregnant women and their offspring.
resultsFrequent (more than once a week) and regular (once a week) attenders at religious services had 80% and 60% (respectively) lower odds of drinking alcohol compared to women who attended less than once a week. Similar patterns surfaced with regard to smoking tobacco with the odds of smoking roughly 85% lower (OR = 0.146, P < 0.001) among frequent attenders, and nearly 65% lower among regular attenders (OR = 0.369, P < 0.001). For smoking marijuana, religious attendance again emerges as a strong predictor. The odds of marijuana smoking are nearly 75% lower for women who attend services frequently (OR = 0.260, P < 0.05) and more than 65% lower for those who attend regularly (OR = 0.343, P < 0.01), as compared with their counterparts who attend services less often.
conclusionsReligious attendance emerged as an important correlate of less-risky health behaviors among this nationwide sample of pregnant and postpartum women. Future research should include an examination of the links between religious involvement and other important lifestyle factors that may influence maternal and child health.
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