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In Harm's Way: Recognizing and Addressing Alcohol Risk for Rural Disadvantaged Pregnant Mothers
Author(s) -
Ettlinger Trudee
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00207.x
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , harm , medicine , pregnancy , environmental health , public health , intervention (counseling) , nursing , harm reduction , alcohol , family medicine , psychology , political science , social psychology , biology , genetics , biochemistry , chemistry , law
The following article describes the efforts of a group of rural Vermont maternal child health (MCH) nurses who addressed alcohol risk for the pregnant mothers they served through the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program. As front‐line providers, MCH nurses are in a position to both improve the detection of problem drinking during pregnancy and to strengthen maternal alcohol prevention and intervention initiatives. Results showed that a more refined screening for alcohol provided an opportunity to promote harm reduction.