Preventing Alcohol and Tobacco Exposed Pregnancies: CHOICES Plus in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol and tobacco use are common among U.S. women, yet if used during pregnancy these substances present significant preventable risks to prenatal and perinatal health. Because use of alcohol and tobacco often continue into the first trimester and beyond, especially among women with unintended pregnancies, effective evidence-based approaches are needed to decrease these risk behaviors. This study was designed to test the efficacy of CHOICES Plus, a preconception intervention for reducing the risk of alcohol- and tobacco-exposed pregnancies (AEPs and TEPs).

Study design

RCT with two intervention groups: CHOICES Plus (n=131) versus Brief Advice (n=130). Data collected April 2011 to October 2013. Data analysis finalized February 2016.

Setting/participants

SUBMITTER: Velasquez MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590512 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature