Alcohol and drug use and attainment of pregnancy preferences in the southwestern United States: A longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Addressing design and measurement limitations of prior studies, we examined whether individuals who use alcohol or drugs are less likely to attain their pregnancy preferences over one year.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Five southwestern US states.

Participants

2015 individuals ages 15-34 years, capable of pregnancy and non-pregnant at enrollment from 23 primary and reproductive healthcare facilities (2019-2022).

Measurements

Data were collected over 13.5 months. Past-month alcohol, cannabis and other drug use were self-reported at baseline; prospective pregnancy preferences (prior to pregnancy) were reported quarterly using the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) scale (range 0-4, 4 representing higher desire to avoid pregnancy); and incide

SUBMITTER: Raifman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12323753 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature