Alcohol consumption by reproductive-aged women in the USA: An update on assessment, burden and prevention in the 1990s

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 419-430

  Ebrahim, S H ^a   Anderson, A L ^b   Floyd, R L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

1990s; Alcohol; Update; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033492368     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (80)

1. 1. McGinnis JM, Foege WH. Actual causes of death in the United States. J Am Med Assoc 1993;270:2207-12
2. 2. Serdula M, Williamson DF, Kendrick JS, Anda RF, Byers T. Trends in alcohol consumption by pregnant women, 1985 through 1988. J Am Med Assoc 1991; 265:876-9
3. 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Alcohol consumption among pregnant women and child bearing-aged women - United States, 1991 and 1995. Morbid Mortal Weekly Rep 1997;46:346-7
4. 4. Ebrahim SH, Luman ET, Floyd RL, Murphy CC, Bennett EM, Boyle CA. Alcohol consumption by pregnant women in the United States during 1988-1995. Obstet Gynecol 1998;92:187-92
5. 5. Ebrahim SH, Diekman ST, Floyd RL, Decoufle P. Comparison of binge drinking among pregnant and non-pregnant women, US, 1991-1995. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;180:1-7
6. 6. Ebrahim SH, Diekman ST, Decoufle P, Tully M, Floyd RL. Pregnancy-related alcohol use among women in the United States, 1988 through 1995. Prenat Neonat Med 1999;4:1-8
7. 2, and myometrial activity. Am J Physiol 1994;266: 1297-301
8. 8. Russell M. New assessment tools for risk drinking during pregnancy: T-ACE, TWEAK, and others. Alcohol Health Res World 1994;18:55-61
9. 9. Able EL, ed. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: from Mechanism to Prevention. New York: CRC Press, 1996
10. 10. Jones KL, Smith DW, Ulleland CN. Patterns of malformations in offspring of chronic alcoholic mothers. Lancet 1973;2:1267-71
11. 11. Abel EL. An update on incidence of FAS: FAS is not an equal opportunity birth defect. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1995;17:437-43
12. 12. Abel EL, Sokol RJ. Fetal alcohol syndrome is now leading causeof mental retardation. Lancet 1986;85:17-22
13. 13. Streissguth AP, Sampson PD, Olson HC, et al. Maternal drinking during pregnancy: attention and short-term memory in 14-year-old offspring - a longitudinal prospective study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1994;18:202-18
14. 14. Faden VB, Graubard BI, Dufour M. The relationship of drinking and birth outcome in a US national sample of expectant mothers. Pediatr Perinat Epidemiol 1997;11: 167-80
15. 15. Ouellette EM, Rosett HL, Rosman NP, Weiner AB. Adverse effects on offspring of maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy. N Engl J Med 1977;297:528-30
16. 16. Spohr H-L, Willms J, Steinhausen H-C. Prenatal alcohol exposure and long-term developmental consequences. Lancet 1993;341:907-10
17. 17. Morrow-Tlucak M, Ernhardt CB, Sokol RJ, Martier S, Ager J. Underreporting of alcohol use in pregnancy: relationship to alcohol problem history. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1989;13:399-401
18. 18. Ioffe S, Chernick V. Prediction of subsequent motor and mental retardation in newborn infants exposed to alcohol in-utero by computerized EEG analysis. Neuropediatrics 1990;21:11-27
19. 19. Jacobson JL, Jacobson SW, Sokol RJ, Ager JW. Relation of maternal age and pattern of pregnancy drinking to functionally significant cognitive deficit in infancy. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998;22:345-51
20. 20. Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA, Stoffer DS, Geva D, Day N. Prenatal alcohol exposure and academic achievement at age six: a nonlinear fit. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996;20:763-70
21. 21. Shu XO, Hatch MC, Mills J, Clemens J, Susser M. Maternal smoking, alcohol drinking, caffeine consumption, and fetal growth: results from a prospective study. Epidemiology 1995;6:115-20
22. 22. Rossett HL, Weiner L, Lee A, Zuckerman B, Dooling E, Oppenheimer E. Patterns of alcohol consumption and fetal development. Obstet Gynecol 1983;61:539-46
23. 23. Fried PA, Watkinson B. 36-and 48-month neurobehavioral follow-up of children prenatally exposed to marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1990;11:49-58
24. 24. Moore CA, Khoury MJ, Liu Y. Does light-to-moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy increase the risk for renal anomalies among offspring? Pediatrics 1997; 99:1-5
25. 25. Abel EL. Maternal alcohol consumption and spontaneous abortion. Alcohol Alcoholism 1997;32:211-19
26. 26. Windham GC, VonBehren J, Fenster L, Schaefer C, Swan SH. Moderate alcohol consumption and risk of spontaneous abortion. Epidemiology 1997;8:509-14
27. 27. US Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 4th edn. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1995
28. 28. Valimaki M, Laitinen K, Tiitinen A, et al. Gonadal function and morphology in non-cirrhotic female alcoholics: a controlled study with hormone measurements and ultrasonography. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1995;74: 462-6
29. 29. Longnecker MP. Alcoholic beverage consumption in relation to risk of breast cancer: meta-analysis and review. Cancer Causes Control 1994;5:73-82
30. 30. Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Yuan S-S, et al. Alcohol and breast cancer in women: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. J Am Med Assoc 1998;279:535-40
31. 31. Frudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Graham S, et al. Lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer. Nutr Cancer 1995;87:1297-302
32. 32. Grodstein F, Goldman MB, Cramer DW. Infertility in women and moderate alcohol use. Am J Public Health 1994;84:1429-32
33. 33. Jensen TK, Hjollund NH, Henriksen TB, et al. Does moderate alcohol consumption affect fertility? Follow up study among couples planning first pregnancy. Br Med J 1998;317:505-10
34. 34. Florack EJM, Zielhuis GA, Rolland R. Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and caffeine intake and fecundability. Prev Med 1994;23:175-80
35. 35. Curtis KM, Savitz DA, Arbuckle TE. Effects of cigarette smoking, caffeine consumption, and alcohol intake on fecundability. Am J Epidemiol 1997;146:32-41
36. 36. Weschler H, Dowdall GW, Maenner G, Gledhill-Hoyt J, Lee H. Changes in binge drinking and related problems among American college students between 1993 and 1997. J Am Coll Health 1998;47:57-68
37. 37. Day NL, Cottreau CM, Richardson GA. Epidemiology of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use among women of childbearing age and pregnant women. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993;36:232-45
38. 38. Ness RB, Grisso JA, Hirschinger N, et al. Cocaine and tobacco use and the risk of spontaneous abortion. N Engl J Med 1999;340:33-9
39. 39. Robins LN, Mills JL, eds. Effects of in-utero exposure to street drugs. Am J Public Health 1993;83:1-32
40. 40. Little RE, Anderson KW, Ervin CH, Worthington-Roberts B, Clarren SK. Maternal alcohol use during breast-feeding and infant mental and motor development at one year. N Engl J Med 1989;321:425-30
41. 41. Menella J, Beauchamp GK. The transfer of alcohol to human milk: effects on flavor and the infant's behavior. N Engl J Med 1991;325:981-5
42. 42. Jackson C, Henriksen L, Dickinson D, Levine DW. The early use of alcohol and tobacco: its relation to children's competence and parents' behavior. Am J Public Health 1997;87:359-62
43. 43. Grant KA, Tonigan JS, Miller WR. Comparison of three alcohol consumption measures: a concurrent validity study. J Stud Alcohol 1995;56:168-72
44. 44. Sokol RJ, Martier SS, Ager JW. The T-ACE questions: practical prenatal detection of risk drinking. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989;160:863-70
45. 45. Russell M, Martier SS, Sokol RJ, et al. Screening for pregnancy risk-drinking. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1994; 18:1156-61
46. 46. Sanchez-Craig M, Wilkinson DA, Davila R. Empirically based guidelines for moderate drinking: 1-year results from three studies with problem drinkers. Am J Public Health 1995;85:823-8
47. 47. Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF, de la Fuente JR, Grant M. Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption-II. Addiction 1993;88:791-804
48. 48. Osterling A, Berglund M, Nilsson LH, Kristenson H. Sex differences in response style to two self-report screening tests on alcoholism. Scand J Soc Med 1993;21:83-9
49. 49. Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson RS, Salzberg PM, Wold ME, Pearson DC. Use of behavioral risk factor surveys to predict alcohol-related motor vehicle events. Am J Prev Med 1993;9:224-30
50. 50. Caetano R, Tam T, Greenfield T, Cherpitel C, Midanik L. DSM-IV alcohol dependence and drinking in the US population: a risk analysis. Ann Epidemiol 1997;7: 542-9
51. 51. Cherpitel CJ. Comparison of screening instruments for alcohol problems between black and white emergency room patients from two regions of the country. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997;21:1391-7
52. 52. Streissguth AP, Barr HM, Kogan J, Bookstein FL. Understanding the Occurrence of Secondary Disabilities in Clients with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE): Final Report. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, 1996
53. 53. Little BB, Snell LM, Rosenfeld CR, Gilstrap LC 3d, Gant NF. Failure to recognize fetal alcohol syndrome in newborn infants. Am J Dis Child 1990;144:1142-6
54. 54. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Update: trends in fetal alcohol syndrome - United States, 1979-1993. Morbid Mortal Weekly Rep 1995;44:249-51
55. 55. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. Preliminary Estimates from the 1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Advance Report no. 18. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1996
56. 56. Remington PL, Smith MY, Williamson DF, et al. Design, characteristics, and usefulness of state-based behavioral risk factor surveillance: 1981-1986. Public Health Rep 1988;103:366-75
57. 57. Chandra A. Health aspects of pregnancy and childbirth: United State 1982-88. Vital Health Stat 1995;23:18
58. 58. Schoenborn CA, Cohen BH. Trends in smoking, alcohol consumption, and other health practices among US adults, 1977 and 1983. Vital Health Stat 1986;118
59. 59. Schoenborn CA. Health promotion and disease prevention, United States, 1985. Vital Health Stat 1988;10:163
60. 60. Schoenborn CA. Health promotion and disease prevention, United States, 1990. Vital Health Stat 1993;10: 185
61. 61. Dufour MC, Williams GD, Campbell KE, Aitken SS. Knowledge of FAS and the risks of heavy drinking during pregnancy, 1985 and 1990. Alcohol Health Res World 1994;18:86-92
62. 62. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy - United States, 1988. Morbid Mortal Weekly Rep 1995;44: 261-4
63. 63. Hankin JR. FAS prevention strategies. Alcohol Health Res World 1994;18:62-6
64. 64. Bailey SL. Adolescents' multisubstance use patterns: the role of heavy alcohol and cigarette use. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1220-4
65. 65. Toomey TL, Rosenfeld C, Wagenaor AC. The minimum legal drinking age: history, effectiveness, and ongoing debate. Alcohol Health Res World 1996;20:213-18
66. 66. US Department of Health and Human Services. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the US Preventive Services Task Force, 2nd edn. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996
67. 67. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Moderate drinking. Alcohol Alert 1992;16:1-4
68. 68. Office of the US Surgeon General. Surgeon General's advisory on alcohol and pregnancy. DA Drug Bull 1981;11:9-10
69. 69. NIAAA. The Physicians' Guide to Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems. NIH Publication No. 95:3769. National Institutes of Health, 1995
70. 70. Morse B, Gehshan S, Hutchins E. Screening for Substance Abuse During Pregnancy: Improving Care, Improving Health. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1997
71. 71. Diekman ST, Floyd RL, Decoufle P, Schulkin J, Ebrahim SH, Sokol RJ. A survey of obstetrician-gynecologists on their patients' alcohol use during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 1999; in press
72. 72. Grant TM, Ernst CC, Streissguth AP. An intervention with high-risk mothers who abuse alcohol and drugs: the Seattle advocacy model. Am J Public Health 1996; 86:1816-17
73. 73. Hankin J, Firestone I, Niec I, et al. Preventing risk drinking during subsequent pregnancies: preliminary results on birthweight. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997;21:120
74. 74. Wallace P, Cutler S, Haines A. Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in patients with excessive alcohol consumption. Br Med J 1988;297: 663-8
75. 75. Fleming MF, Barry KL, Manwell LB, Johnson K, London R. Brief physician advice for problem alcohol drinkers. J Am Med Assoc 1997;277:1039-45
76. 76. Sanchez-Craig M, Spivak K, Davila R. Superior outcome of females over males after brief treatment for the reduction of heavy drinking: replication and report of therapist effects. Br J Addict 1991;86:867-76
77. 77. O'Brien CP, McLellan AT. Addiction medicine. J Am Med Assoc 1997;277:1840-1
78. 78. Weisner C, Schmidt L. Gender disparities in treatment for alcohol problems. J Am Med Assoc 1992;268: 1872-6
79. 79. Adams PF, Marano MA. Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1994. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 1995;10:193
80. 80. Goldberg HI, Mullen M, Ries RK, Psaty BM, Ruch BP. Alcohol counseling in a general medical clinic: a randomized controlled trial of strategies to improve referral and show rates. Med Care 1991;29:JS49-56