Steps Toward Decreasing Maternal Alcohol Consumption in Israel: Nationwide Trends During a Decade.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prenatal alcohol exposure poses a substantial risk to fetal development. Efforts were made in 2011-2020 to increase public awareness of and prevent alcohol consumption during pregnancy. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in Israel of pregnant women's alcohol consumption from January 2021 through June 2023 and compared our results with the results of a survey conducted during 2009-2010 to assess changes over time.

Methods

We conducted cross-sectional surveys at 3 public hospitals in central and northern Israel. Surveyors visited hospitals twice weekly and used a questionnaire consistent with one used in 2009-2010 that focused on alcohol consumption 3 months before pregnancy and during pregnancy. We conducted a stratified analysis of the prevalence of alcohol con

SUBMITTER: Senecky Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11556617 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature