Prevalence of maternal substance use problems during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life: a whole-population birth cohort of 970 470 Australian children born 2008-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence of maternal substance use problems during the first 1000 days of children's lives, to inform planning and resourcing of antenatal screening and substance use in pregnancy services, alongside antenatal and postnatal health, parenting and social support services for pregnant women/new mothers and their babies.

Method

This whole-population cohort was assembled from birth registration, perinatal and hospital data for children born 2008-2017, and their mothers, using data linked for the New South Wales (NSW) Child E-Cohort Project. The primary outcome was maternal substance use conditions and treatment recorded in six health, death and child protection data sources from the child's conception to age 2 years (the first 1000 days), including il

SUBMITTER: Powell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature