The effects of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy on adverse fetal outcomes among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.
Alemu Earsido AddilaTelake AzaleYigzaw Kebede GeteMezgebu YitayalPublished in: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy (2021)
Our findings suggest that there is an increasing risk of adverse birth outcomes, particularly preterm delivery and low birth weight, with increasing levels of alcohol intake. This result showed that the prevention of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy has the potential to reduce low birth weight and preterm birth. Hence, screening women for alcohol use during antenatal care visits and providing advice with rigorous follow-up of women who used alcohol may save the fetus from the potential risks of adverse birth outcomes.
Keyphrases
- preterm birth
- low birth weight
- gestational age
- birth weight
- alcohol consumption
- human milk
- pregnancy outcomes
- preterm infants
- public health
- healthcare
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- palliative care
- pregnant women
- human health
- south africa
- quality improvement
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- glycemic control
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- adverse drug
- affordable care act
- skeletal muscle