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Alcohol Use and Co-Use of Other Substances Among Pregnant Females Aged 12-44 Years - United States, 2015-2018.
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- Systematic Review: Polysubstance Prevalence Estimates Reported during Pregnancy, US, 2009-2020.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Pooled it
- Why do women consume alcohol during pregnancy or while breastfeeding?Drug and alcohol review · 2022Pooled it
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- Developmental alcohol exposure: Impacts on medial prefrontal cortex morphology and the excitatory-inhibitory balance.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2026Review
- Pregnancy and postpartum cannabis and alcohol use among people with HIV in the United States.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Substance use patterns among individuals who consume alcohol during pregnancy: Results from a US multi-site study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Anxiety, Depression, and Emotional Dysregulation Following Prenatal Substance Exposure.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Cannabis Use Motives Across the Reproductive Continuum: An Integrative Literature Review.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2026Review
- Polysubstance use in pregnancy: Findings from a population-based cross-sectional cohort study of pregnant women with opioid use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Trends in Prenatal Polysubstance Exposure.Families in society : the journal of contemporary human services · 2025Article
- HIV and Pregnancy: Navigating Complex Decision Making and Preventing Perinatal Transmission.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025Review
- Using umbilical cord tissue to identify prenatal ethanol exposure and co-exposure to other commonly misused substances.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Importance of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Intervention.Substance use & addiction journal · 2025Article
- The association between neighborhood environment, prenatal exposure to alcohol and tobacco, and structural brain development.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Assessment of maternal health and behavior during pregnancy in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Rationale and approach.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- Sleep-Related Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Prenatally Substance Exposed.Pediatrics · 2024Article
- Use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis before, during, and after pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Uncovering the Complexity of Perinatal Polysubstance Use Disclosure Patterns on X: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention and clinical guidelines research - workshop report.BMC proceedings · 2024Article
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, including birth defects, behavioral disorders, and impaired cognitive development (1). Little is known about the co-use of other substances by females who drink during pregnancy. CDC used 2015-2018 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to estimate the overall and trimester-specific prevalence of self-reported drinking in the past 12 months, current drinking, and binge drinking, overall and by trimester, and the co-use of other substances among pregnant females aged 12-44 years. Past drinking (12 months) was reported by 64.7% of pregnant respondents. Current drinking (at least one drink in the past 30 days) was reported by 19.6% of respondents who were in their first trimester of pregnancy and 4.7% of respondents who were in their second or third trimester. Binge drinking (consuming four or more drinks on at least one occasion in the past 30 days) was reported by 10.5% of first trimester respondents and 1.4% of second or third trimester respondents. Overall, 38.2% of pregnant respondents who reported current drinking also reported current use of one or more other substances. The substances used most with alcohol were tobacco and marijuana. Self-reported drinking prevalence was substantially lower among second or third trimester respondents than among first trimester respondents. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends alcohol use and substance use disorders screening for all females seeking obstetric-gynecologic care and counseling patients that there is no known safe level of alcohol use during pregnancy (2).
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