A Proposal for a Prevalence Study of the Use of Alcohol among Women Attending Selected United States Air Force Prenatal Clinics.

Abstract

The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, caused by the exposure of the fetus to alcohol in utero, is now the number one teratogenic cause of mental retardation in the United States. Despite the danger that alcohol poses to the fetus, it's use by prenatal patients has not been well studied. The prevalence of the use of alcohol in women attending USAF prenatal clinics has never been reported, nor is there information on it's relation to cultural and economic factors. This thesis proposes to obtain the cooperation of selected USAF prenatal clinics where data on prenatal alcohol use will be collected by the use of a self-administered questionnaire. Alcohol use specific prevalence rates will be calculated, and the association of alcohol use to demographic factors will be measured using linear logistic regression.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160702

Entities

People

  • H. Giles Ii

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Analysis
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Medical Personnel
  • Physicians
  • Public Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Therapy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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