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ArticleThe South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa2025

Associations of maternal alcohol and non-prescribed substance use with early child growth.

Yukiko Washio, Zugui Zhang, Mona Lisa Baishya, Marilyn T Lake, Bronwyn Myers, Nadia Hoffman, Elizabeth Goddard, Heather J Zar, Dan J Stein, Petal Petersen Williams

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Article in The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yukiko WashioWomen's Global Health Imperative, RTI International, Media, Pennsylvania, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3882-2953
Zugui ZhangiREACH, Christiana Care, Newark, Delaware, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5173-5371
Mona Lisa BaishyaCollege of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8697-5746
Marilyn T LakeSAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6056-2078
Bronwyn MyersenAble Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0235-6716
Nadia HoffmanSAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7269-1416
Elizabeth GoddardSAMRC Unit on Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3057-8113
Heather J ZarSAMRC Unit on Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-759X
Dan J SteinSAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810
Petal Petersen WilliamsMental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5535-2458

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Perinatal alcohol and non-prescribed substance use may be detrimental to foetal and infant growth. Aim: This observational study investigated how combined and continued alcohol and non-prescribed substance use throughout antenatal and 1-year postnatal periods were associated with adverse child length and weight outcomes up to 24 months. Setting: Data from participants ( Methods: Generalised estimating equations were conducted on standardised child length and weight outcomes at 12, 18 and 24 months. Results: Non-prescribed substances consisted mostly of tobacco use (77%). Child length and weight were significantly lower in those exposed to the combined use of alcohol and substances compared to no-use and all other use groups ( Conclusion: Interventions to address the potential long-term adverse effects of combined alcohol and substance use particularly tobacco use, as well as continuous use throughout antenatal and early postnatal periods on subsequent child growth, are needed. Contribution: This study has contributed to the field by showing that combined and continued use of alcohol and other substances during pregnancy and postpartum is associated with impaired early child growth.

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combined alcohol and substance useearly postpartuminfant child lengthinfant child weightpregnancy

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PMCPMC12224016

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