Addiction Medicine
TWEAK identifies where intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy is needed
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 22nd, 2004
"Alcohol exposure during pregnancy is a well-recognized public health problem. Accurate assessment of prenatal alcohol exposure is especially important to identify women in need of intervention. In this study, a 36-item prenatal questionnaire was utilized to survey a representative sample of prenatal care providers to examine prevalence rates of exposure," scientists in the United States report.
"The questionnaire included three common screening tools for alcohol use during pregnancy and the items necessary to establish a maternal risk profile. In North Dakota, 1081...
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