Predictors of alcohol use prior to pregnancy recognition among township women in Cape Town, South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-90

  O'Connor, Mary J ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^b   LeRoux, Ingrid M ^c   Stewart, Jacqueline ^b   Greco, Erin ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Philani Nutrition and Development Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fecal alcohol spectrum disorder; Pregnant women; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Risk factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LIVE BIRTH; LIVING CONDITION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 78650170383     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.049     Document Type: Article

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