The Role of Pregnancy Intentions in U.S. Women's Contraceptive and Alcohol Use Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use in early pregnancy increases the risk for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Women who engage in heavy drinking and become pregnant when they are not actively trying to conceive are at heightened risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Identifying factors associated with greater risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies is critical for prevention.

Objective

This study explored the odds of contraceptive nonuse and heavy drinking for women trying to conceive or ambivalent about pregnancy as compared to those trying to avoid pregnancy.

Methods

Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the role of pregnancy intentions, including ambivalence, on contraceptive nonuse and heavy drinking among a national sample of 583 sexually active heterosexual women o

SUBMITTER: Shreffler KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638988 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature