Relationship of prenatal alcohol use with maternal and prenatal factors in American Indian women

Article Abstract:

Research was conducted to examine the maternal and prenatal factors associated with prenatal alcohol use in American Indian women. Participants consisting of 177 Northern Plains Indian women were asked to answer self-administered substance-use screening questionnaires. Results indicate that women who drank during pregnancy were more inclined to smoke cigarettes and use drugs. Therefore, women who drink during their pregnancy should seek counseling for better insight into multiple risk behaviors.

Pregnant women, Alcoholism, Native American women, Alcohol use, Alcoholism in pregnancy

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Human sex ratio as it relates to caloric availability

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The sex ratio of human males to females at birth varies in accordance with the availability of total food calories per capita in a country. This indicates a possible adaptive sex ratio bias for human populations based upon nutrition. Such a bias may be due to increased mortality of male fetuses and embryos. These conclusions follow from analysis of data of the World Bank, World Resources Institute and 1986 United Nations Demographic Yearbook.

Sex ratio, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in pregnancy

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Maternal nativity status and pregnancy outcome among U.S.-born Filipinos

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Filipino mothers born in the US have a more likely favorable outcome for pregnancy than mothers born in the Philippines, as shown by a study of Hawaiian records from 1979 to 1987. This result contradicts assumptions that foreign-born mothers fare better than US-born mothers in the same ethnic group of an immigrant minority.

Hawaii, Filipino Americans

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