Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Aim. to assess the social and economic factors that influence tobacco smoking prior to pregnancy. Material and methods.this research was conducted among mothers who gave birth to babies in the two least developed counties in hungary (Borsod-abaúj-Zemplén and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) in 2009.data were obtained from medical records of obstetrical wards and structured interviews conducted by local maternity and child service.there were 7,877 women with complete data on smoking habits among 9,040 women in the study.this represents 9.4% of total live births in hungary and 71.1% of all live births in the two counties.Results. the overall prevalence of smoking prior to pregnancy was 46.0%.Smoking women were typically less than 18 years old, underweight, with the lowest levels of education, those living in non-contractual cohabitation, and those with unhealthy dietary habits (p<0.001),further living in deep poverty (p < 0.05).Conclusions.while planning preventive actions to reduce female tobacco use in gestational age, the socioeconomic situation must be considered.
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2125779601