ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2023
Screening for Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: a Review of Current Practices and Perspectives.
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- Psychosocial and medication interventions to stop or reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions for pregnant women: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Predictive value of alcohol use questionnaires for adverse pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from a Finnish birth cohort.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Safe start, a hybrid intervention to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prenatal alcohol use effects on birth, development, and educational outcomes in the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in the Northern Territory of Australia: a study protocol.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Importance of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Intervention.Substance use & addiction journal · 2025Article
- Identifying family environment profiles in families of children with prenatal alcohol exposure.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Validity of prenatal AUDIT screening for alcohol disorders - a Nationwide Swedish register study.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Polysubstance use during pregnancy: The importance of screening, patient education, and integrating a harm reduction perspective.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- A harmonized analysis of five Canadian pregnancy cohort studies: exploring the characteristics and pregnancy outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- Alcohol Use, Screening, and Brief Intervention Among Pregnant Persons - 24 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2017 and 2019.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2023Article
- Opening Pandora's box: A meta-ethnography about alcohol use in pregnancy from midwives' and other healthcare providers' perspectives.European journal of midwifery · 2023Review
- Review
- Understanding the Relationship between Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Criminal Justice: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Postpartum Period: An Opportunity for Alcohol Screening and Counseling to Reduce Adverse Health Impacts.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Global trends of increasing alcohol consumption among women of childbearing age, social acceptability of women's alcohol use, as well as recent changes in alcohol use patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic may put many pregnancies at higher risk for prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), which can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Therefore, screening of pregnant women for alcohol use has become more important than ever and should be a public health priority. This narrative review presents the state of the science on various existing prenatal alcohol use screening strategies, including the clinical utility of validated alcohol use screening instruments. It also discusses barriers for alcohol use screening in pregnancy, such as practitioner constraints, unplanned pregnancies, delayed access to prenatal care, and stigma associated with substance use in pregnancy, providing recommendations to address these barriers. By implementing consistent alcohol use screening, prenatal care providers have the opportunity to facilitate access to counseling and brief interventions and thus, to prevent new cases of FASD and improve maternal and child health.
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