Factors associated with smoking in low-income pregnant women: relationship to birth weight, stressful life events, social support, health behaviors and mental distress

McCormick, Marie C.; Brooks‐Gunn, Jeanne; Shorter, Thomasine; Holmes, John H.; Wallace, C; Heagarty, Margaret C.

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(90)90132-9

Cited by 146 publications

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“…Adult women who smoke during pregnancy are substantially more likely to have had a major depressive episode in the past 12 months. This finding is consistent with previous research pointing to the interrelatedness of tobacco use and psychiatric disorders among pregnant women (Gilman, Breslau, Subramanian, Hitsman, & Koenen, 2008;Hei, Higgins, Mongeon, Badger, & Bernstein, 2006;McCormick, et al, 1990). Results also suggest that women who use alcohol during pregnancy are no more likely than pregnant abstainers to experience depression, another finding that is consistent with prior research on alcohol use and mental health during pregnancy (Harrison & Sidebottom, 2009).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014

González²,

Salas-Wright

et al. 2017

Preventive Medicine

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014

González²,

Salas-Wright

et al. 2017

Preventive Medicine

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“…58 Such resources could include tobacco-dependence treatments for pregnant women including behavioral counseling and pharmaceutical interventions. Finally, other structural factors associated with segregation may play a role in health behaviors including the implementation of tobacco control regulations, [64][65][66][67][68] targeted marketing of tobacco products, 29,51,[69][70][71] the presence of urban environmental stressors, 72,73 and community cohesion. 66,73,74 An important result in this study is our finding that the association between segregation and smoking was not linear as others have assumed.…”

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Associations Between Residential Segregation and Smoking During Pregnancy Among Urban African-American Women

et al. 2007

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Approximately 10% of African-American women smoke during pregnancy compared to 16% of White women. While relatively low, the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy among African-American women exceeds the Healthy People 2010 goal of 1%. In the current study, we address gaps in extant research by focusing on associations between racial/ethnic residential segregation and smoking during pregnancy among urban African-American women. We linked measures of segregation to birth certificates and data from the 2000 census in a sample of US-born AfricanAmerican women (n=403,842) living in 216 large US Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Logistic regression models with standard errors adjusted for multiple individual observations within MSAs were used to examine associations between segregation and smoking during pregnancy and to control for important sociodemographic confounders. In all models, a u-shaped relationship was observed. Both low segregation and high segregation were associated with higher odds of smoking during pregnancy when compared to moderate segregation. We speculate that low segregation reflects a contagion process, whereby salutary minority group norms are weakened by exposure to the more harmful behavioral norms of the majority population. High segregation may reflect structural attributes associated with smoking such as less stringent tobacco control policies, exposure to urban stressors, targeted marketing of tobacco products, or limited access to treatment for tobacco dependence. A better understanding of both deleterious and protective contextual influences on smoking during pregnancy could help to inform interventions designed to meet Healthy People 2010 target goals.

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“…One of the few studies attempting to document reasons for continued smoking during pregnancy found that, among 599 low-income women, high levels of stress, social isolation, and distress were associated with continued smoking (61). Physical fatigue and other pregnancy-related stressors may also contribute to continued smoking (40).…”

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A Review of Smoking in Pregnancy: Effects on Pregnancy Outcomes and Cessation Efforts

Floyd¹,

Rimer²,

Giovino³

et al. 1993

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Factors associated with smoking in low-income pregnant women: relationship to birth weight, stressful life events, social support, health behaviors and mental distress

Cited by 146 publications

References 12 publications

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: Evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014

Associations Between Residential Segregation and Smoking During Pregnancy Among Urban African-American Women

A Review of Smoking in Pregnancy: Effects on Pregnancy Outcomes and Cessation Efforts

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