A prospective cohort study to assess if alcohol intake measured by routine pregnancy self-report predicts developmental concerns uncovered by routine health visitor screening of children at 30 months of age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stigmatized behaviours are often underreported, especially in pregnancy, making them challenging to address. The Alcohol and Child Development Study (ACDS) seeks to inform prevention of foetal alcohol harm, linking self-report as well as a maternal blood alcohol biomarker with child developmental outcomes.

Methods

Maternity records from all pregnant women in the study city who presented for maternity care during the 12-month period June 2017 - June 2018 were transferred to the safe data facility creating the baseline cohort. Health Visitor routinely recorded child developmental screening data collected when the offspring were 30 months of age were transferred and linkage analysis performed on the cohort with a final linked sample of 10,876 records. Anonymous analy

SUBMITTER: Tappin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642173 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature