ArticleDrug and alcohol review2019
Pregnancy as a transition: First-time expectant couples' experience with alcohol consumption.
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- "The Problem Is that We Hear a Bit of Everything…": A Qualitative Systematic Review of Factors Associated with Alcohol Use, Reduction, and Abstinence in Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- A Typology of Strategies Women Use to Navigate Alcohol Abstinence During Pregnancy.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Women's views on moderate and low alcohol consumption: stages of the subjective transition from pregnancy to postpartum.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Is Public Health Response to the Phenomenon of Alcohol Use during Pregnancy Adequate to the Polish Women's Needs?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Perceptions of two different alcohol use behaviours in pregnancy: an application of the prototype/willingness model.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Midwives' engagement in smoking- and alcohol-prevention in prenatal care before and after the introduction of practice guidelines in Switzerland: comparison of survey findings from 2008 and 2018.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND
aimsMost official healthcare guidelines apply the precautionary principle by recommending that pregnant women abstain from any alcohol consumption. However, a number of women continue drinking alcohol while pregnant. The aim of this study was to investigate couples' experiences of the issue of alcohol consumption during pregnancy as a transitional process. DESIGN AND
methodsThirty semi-directive joint interviews were conducted with couples expecting their first child in Switzerland. Interviews were analysed thematically with the help of ATLAS.ti.
resultsCouples endorsed the imperative of changing drinking habits and all the women reduced their alcohol consumption, although some reported difficulties. First, we identified three themes describing how couples experienced the woman's change of drinking habits as a smooth transition: Internalisation of risk discourses, abstinence as a social norm and embodiment of alcohol aversion. Second, we emphasised four kinds of difficulties that couples encountered in their everyday lives: burden of risk discourses, conflicting advice, social occasions and desire for alcohol. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsThis paper makes a significant contribution by examining prenatal drinking change as a transition. In this conceptualisation, the change of alcohol consumption is a relational process that is shaped by multiple changes and social norms. Our findings have important implications for practice. First, health professionals should be aware of the difficulties women experience when they abstain from alcohol during pregnancy. Second, our findings suggest the importance of a patient-centred approach that considers the role of the partner in supporting a pregnant woman's change of alcohol consumption.
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