Differences in folic acid use, prenatal care, smoking, and drinking in early pregnancy by occupation

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• Personal Author:
  Agopian AJ ; Herdt-Losavio ML ; Langlois PH ; Lupo PJ ; Mitchell LE ; Rocheleau CM
• Corporate Authors:
  National Birth Defects Prevention Network
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To describe differences in four high risk periconceptional behaviors (lack of folic acid supplementation, lack of early prenatal care, smoking, and drinking) by maternal occupation. METHODS: Analyses were conducted among women in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study who delivered liveborn infants without birth defects. Periconceptional occupational data were collected using a computer-assisted telephone interview and occupational coding was performed using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification System. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine whether prevalence of behaviors differed between occupational groups. RESULTS: Subjects included 5153 women employed during early pregnancy from 1997 to 2007. Compared to women in management, business, science, and arts occupations, women in other occupations (e.g., service occupations) were significantly more likely to engage in all four high risk behaviors. Specifically, women in food preparation/serving-related occupations were significantly more likely to engage in all four behaviors compared to women in all other occupational groups (odds ratios: 1.8-3.0), while women in education/training/library occupations were significantly less likely to do so (odds ratios: 0.2-0.5). CONCLUSION: We identified several occupational groups with an increased prevalence of high-risk maternal behaviors during pregnancy. Our findings could aid in developing interventions targeted towards women in these occupational groups. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Alcoholic Beverages Behavior Epidemiology Occupational Health Pregnancy Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Women
• Keywords:
  Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic-beverages Analytical-processes Author Keywords: Folic Acid Eidemiology Exposure-levels Humans Occupations Prenatal-exposure Prenatal Care Risk-factors Smoking Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  0091-7435
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  341-345
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041763
• Citation:
  Prev Med 2012 Oct; 55(4):341-345
• Contact Point Address:
  Laura E. Mitchell, Human Genetics Center, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr., Houston, TX 77030
• Email:
  laura.e.mitchell@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Preventive Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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