Prevalence and patterns of problematic alcohol use among Australian parents

Maloney, Elizabeth; Hutchinson, Delyse; Burns, Lucy; Mattick, Richard P.

doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00596.x

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“…Our quantitative analyses also point to younger age at first birth as an important predictor of 'risky' alcohol use among mothers in support of earlier research (Kokko et al, 2009). Similarly, lone parenthood was found to be associated with 'risky' alcohol use among mothers that has been found to be the case in previous studies (Maloney et al, 2010). In addition, our analysis also showed that 'risky' alcohol use was associated with fewer children living in the household.…”

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The Influence of Social Circumstances on “Risky” Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Among Mothers With Preschool-Aged Children in England

Baker

2016

Substance Use & Misuse

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The Influence of Social Circumstances on “Risky” Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Among Mothers With Preschool-Aged Children in England

Baker

2016

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…As such, alcohol is deeply ingrained in society, with evidence that alcohol use tracks over time and across generations [36,37]. However, there have been few studies focused on mothers [16]. We, therefore, undertook an analysis of the UK's largest study of mothers to investigate patterns of alcohol use around 9 months after birth.…”

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“…is evidence that the timing and circumstances of entry into motherhood are related to patterns of alcohol use [14][15][16][17][18].…”

Section: Social Patterning Of Alcohol Consumption Among Mothers With mentioning

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“…However, few studies have looked specifically at women living with children [16]; in consequence, little is known about the frequency and quantity of alcohol use among mothers. This is despite the fact that most women become mothers, and the home is the primary location in which children are introduced to alcohol [3,19].…”

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Social patterning of alcohol consumption among mothers with infants in the UK

Baker¹,

Graham²

2014

J Behav Health

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INTRODUCTIONAlcohol is measured in units and "One unit is 10 ml or 8 g of pure alcohol" [1]. The maximum recommended intake of alcohol for women in the UK is 2-3 units/day; these have remained unchanged since 1995 when recommendations based on weekly quantities (units) were dropped in favour of daily quantities (units). The recommendations are comparable to international standards [2].The majority of adults in the UK report that they drink alcohol and for most adults, alcohol consumption is not considered to be health-damaging [3]. However, research has focused on the minority of the population whose patterns of consumption are associated with a range of health and social problems [4,5]. As a result, more is known about "risky" alcohol use than about the drinking patterns of the majority of the population. In contrast, this paper takes a population perspective that examines the underlying social determinants of alcohol use rather than focusing on a small proportion of "risky" drinking individuals in order to identify potential areas for widespread public health intervention [6].UK surveys provide important information on majority drinking patterns among women. They indicate that alcohol use is more common among white British women; women from minority ethnic groups are more likely to report never drinking or drinking less than once per week. They point, too, to positive gradients in the frequency, and negative gradients in the quantity, of alcohol use among socially advantaged groups [7][8][9][10]. Similarly, studies in other highincome countries report more frequent alcohol use among employed women with higher educational levels and living in higher income households [11,12]. The opposite has been found for drinking quantity. Women who are advantaged with respect to education, employment status, occupational class and household income consume smaller quantities of alcohol on drinking occasions than women from more disadvantaged backgrounds [11][12][13].Domestic circumstances are also associated with women's patterns of alcohol use. Compared with non-married women, married women report lower alcohol consumption in terms of both frequency and quantity [12]. Having children in the household is also associated with alcohol use, with decreased alcohol consumption among parents [4,12]. In addition, there AbstrAct Background: We examined patterns of alcohol use among mothers with infants in the UK focusing on (i) common ("majority") patterns of alcohol use (frequency and quantity) and (ii) associated social factors. Methods: We analyzed data from 15,510 mothers who took part in waves 1 and 2 of the millennium cohort study in 2000/1. Nine months after birth, mothers reported their frequency and quantity of alcohol use, along with information on social circumstances. Logistic regression, carried out in 2011, helped identify the social factors associated with majority patterns of alcohol use. Results: Majority patterns of alcohol use were: Infrequent drinking (never/<1/week), infrequent light drinking (1 unit/day, <1/we...

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“…Disorders of parental alcohol use are strongly predictive of disorders in their children, with recent gene-wide association studies showing alcohol dependence to have a heritability of approximately 50% (138). However environmental factors may influence this; as an example, analysis of recent Australian drinking (139) showed that parents are less likely to drink at risky levels than non-parents.…”

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Comorbid alcohol and mental health disorders: a longitudinal analysis of development to young adulthood

Salom¹

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Background:Alcohol is the most widely consumed of the psychoactive substances and was responsible in 2012 for nearly 6% of all global deaths. Disorders of alcohol use are highly comorbid with mental health disorders and create a significant health burden: the two are responsible for 183.9 million DALYs annually. The majority of this burden of disease falls on young adults, and despite the poorer prognosis and more frequent relapse that characterise this condition, information on early life factors associated with its development is limited. Data provided by large scale population studies and reports on clinical samples are valuable but are limited by the lack of prospective measures or cannot be generalised due to sample specificity. Although predictors of alcohol use disorders and mental health disorders have separately been widely studied, their application to comorbidity is not straightforward. Aims:This study has three main aims:1. To describe the prevalence, types and onset of comorbidities of mental health and alcohol use disorders in young Australians; 2. To understand factors from different phases of the life span which may predict the onset of comorbidity or be affected by it, and which may present targets for intervention; and 3. To consider the role of alcohol in the context of illicit substance and mental health comorbidities.In this context, this research program aims to explore factors which may distinguish comorbidity from its constituent disorders. Methods:Data from this study were drawn predominantly from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP), a pre-birth linked cohort of mothers and children begun in 1981. The baseline sample of 7223 pregnancies comprising the original cohort was followed for twenty-one years, providing prospective measures of health and related factors for both mother and child. At twenty one years, structured psychiatric interviews of the offspring provided lifetime DSM-IV diagnoses of mental health, alcohol and other substance use disorders. The condition of interest, alcohol and mental health disorders which co-occurred within a 12-month period, was examined in light of important developmental factors ranging from pre-birth to late adolescence, using primarily ii multinomial logistic regression analyses. Additional data from the Healthy Neighbourhoods Study were analysed to examine potential markers of early-emerging co-occurring conditions in pre-adolescent students. Key findings:Comorbid alcohol and mental health disorders are highly prevalent at young adulthood, occurring in 12% of this representative sample. Indicators of this comorbidity may be detected in children as young as 10-14 years old. A number of factors distinguish the risk of comorbidity from that of single disorders. Socio-economic disadvantage derived from the family of origin contributes significantly to the risk of comorbidity, with risk increasing in a dose-response manner for multiple dimensions of disadvantage. Maternal smoking during pregnancy is also implicated, indep...

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Prevalence and patterns of problematic alcohol use among Australian parents

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

The Influence of Social Circumstances on “Risky” Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Among Mothers With Preschool-Aged Children in England

The Influence of Social Circumstances on “Risky” Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Among Mothers With Preschool-Aged Children in England

Social patterning of alcohol consumption among mothers with infants in the UK

Comorbid alcohol and mental health disorders: a longitudinal analysis of development to young adulthood

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