The discrepancy between self-reported smoking status and urine continine levels among women enrolled in prenatal care at four publicly funded clinical sites.
The discrepancy between self-reported smoking behavior and actual urine cotinine values among prenatal patients at four municipally operated clinical sites was examined. Face-to-face interview and birth certificate information about smoking behavior during pregnancy was compared with laboratory urine cotinine values for 74 patients. Almost three of every four (73%) self-reported nonsmokers had continine values greater than 80 ng/mL; one-half (48%) had values exceeding 100 ng/mL. Self-reported prenatal smoking behavior seems to be an unreliable indicator of actual smoking status among low-income prenatal patients, resulting in missed opportunities to lower tobacco-related exposure/risk among women with the poorest birth outcomes.
Webb
David A
DA
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 500 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA. David.Webb@Phila.Gov
Boyd
Neal R
NR
Messina
Darlene
D
Windsor
Richard A
RA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003367:Cotinine / Q000652:urine*; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015995:Prevalence; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000652:urine*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014505:Urban Population
D003367:Cotinine