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Frequent Drinking Among Pregnant Women Forty years ago, French pediatrician Paul Lemoine first reported facial deformities in babies of mothers with alcoholism; however, no one took him seriously. At that time, many suspected Lemoine’s findings were denied because France is Europe's biggest consumer of alcohol. Soon enough, however, the link between alcohol and birth defects was confirmed by others and named "fetal alcohol syndrome". By 1989, alcoholic beverage labels began carrying warnings to pregnant women. To complete this assignment, you must do the following: -Review scholarly articles to answer questions 1-2 and 10. *NOTE: A scholarly source is a source written and reviewed by scholars and other experts to contribute to the knowledge of a particular field by sharing new research findings, theories, analyses, insights, news, or summaries of current knowledge. -Review the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the CDC that is located in Moodle to answer questions 3-8. Please submit assignment as a word or pdf document. 1. Identify 5 serious health problems women (not babies) who are heavy drinkers before, during, or after pregnancy can face. Support the answer using scholarly sources. (Each health problem worth 1 point, totaling worth 15 points) Source 1 (worth 5 points): Haigh, Charlotte. "How Alcohol Affects Your Fertility." Telegraph.co.uk , Dec 12, 2023 . ProQuest , https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/how-alcohol-affects-your- fertility/docview/2900744750/se-2 . 1. Alcohol can greatly reduce the ability to conceive by upsetting the woman’s hormonal balance. Source 2 (worth 5 points): Desmet, Clare, et al. “Clustering of smoking, alcohol consumption and weight gain in pregnancy: prevalence, care preferences and associated factors.” BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth , vol. 23, 2023, pp. 1–10. ProQuest Central , https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-06090-7 .

2. Pre-term labor. 3. Caesarean birth. 4. Weight gain. 5. Miscarriages caused by alcohol can also affect the mother emotional distress. 2. Identify 5 effects of maternal alcohol use on babies. Support the answer using scholarly sources. (Each effect worth 1 point, totaling 15 points. Source 1 (worth 5 points): Desmet, Clare, et al. “Clustering of smoking, alcohol consumption and weight gain in pregnancy: prevalence, care preferences and associated factors.” BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth , vol. 23, 2023, pp. 1–10. ProQuest Central , https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-06090-7 . 1. Low birth weight 2. Stillbirth 3. Miscarriage 4. Fetal macrosomia Source 2 (worth 5 points): Hartel, Tammy C, et al. “Vascular Effects, Potential Pathways and Mediators of Fetal Exposure to Alcohol and Cigarette Smoking during Pregnancy: A Narrative Review.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 20, no. 14, 2023, p. 6398. ProQuest Central , https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146398. 5. Altered lipid metabolism. 3. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which age group amongst pregnant women reports the highest use of alcohol? Which age group reports the highest use of binge drinking (4 or more drinks on any one occasion)? (worth 10 points) a. 35-49 years b. 18-25 years 4. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which race/ethnicity amongst pregnant women reports the highest use of alcohol? (worth 5 points)

White, not Hispanic. 5. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, what level of education amongst pregnant women reports the highest use of alcohol? (worth 5 points) College graduates. 6. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which employment status amongst pregnant women reports the highest use of alcohol? (worth 5 points) Employed. 7. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which marital status amongst pregnant women reports the highest use of alcohol? (worth 5 points) Not married. 8. After reviewing your answers for questions 3-7, which statistic comes as a surprise to you? Why? (worth 10 points) The statistic that surprised me was that the employed pregnant women had a higher rate of alcohol consumption than the unemployed. This is partly because I assumed the employed women would be more responsible and therefore more reliable than the unemployed. 9. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women report using alcohol or binge drinking. Knowing the dangers alcohol poses for the developing organism, develop 2 hypotheses as to why so many pregnant women continue to drink? (Each hypothesis worth 5 points, totaling 10 points) Hypothesis 1: Pregnant women who continue to consume alcohol may rely on alcohol as a stress reliever. If they are accustomed to drinking whenever they are emotionally or physically exhausted, this could be a hard practice for them to break during their pregnancy. Hypothesis 2: When it is the norm for a woman to frequently drink alcohol, it could be difficult for her to abstain from it when she becomes pregnant. 10. Provide 2 interventions that could curtail women from using alcohol or binge drinking during preconception and the prenatal period. Support the prevention efforts using scholarly sources. (worth 5 points each, totaling 20 points)

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Intervention 1: The realization of the many health risks alcohol consumption and binge drinking can cause to both themselves and their baby. Source 1: Ceperich, Sherry Dyche, and Karen S Ingersoll. “Motivational interviewing + feedback intervention to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancy risk among college binge drinkers: determinants and patterns of response.” Journal of Behavioral Medicine , vol. 34, no. 5, Oct. 2011, pp. 381–95. ProQuest Central , https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-010-9308-2. Intervention 2: Understanding that the possibilities of actually becoming pregnant in the first place are greatly increased by the reduction of alcohol and binge drinking could also be an intervention. Source 2: Wootton, Robyn E, et al. “Associations between health behaviors, fertility and reproductive outcomes: triangulation of evidence in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).” BMC Medicine , vol. 21, 2023, pp. 1–17. Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection; ProQuest Central , https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02831-9.

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