National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Substance Use Among Women During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth

摘要

In the United States, substance use among pregnant and postpartum women is a public health issue. Previous studies based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) have consistently shown that a substantial proportion of pregnant women, particulary those in the first trimester, were pastmonth alcohol, cigarette, or iilicit drug users and that rates among recent mothers were much higher than thos among pregnant women. A recent study of this relationship that controlled for women's age and other socio-demographic characteristics found indirect evidence of resumption of substance use following childbirth.