title: [The awareness of health consequences of active and passive smoking and access to information about these consequences in the population of pregnant women].
abstract: Despite of significant progress in the area of perinatal care, there have been numerous perinatal complications still existing. The health status of mother and newborn is affected by many factors, namely: socio-economical; medical prior to pregnancy and medical through the pregnancy; dietary customs, substance use, including tobacco smoking; health service quality; and risk factors that may occur through fertilization. The active and passive exposure to tobacco smoke in utero have been linked to numerous gestation and delivery complications, including low birth weight, preterm delivery and low Apgar score. In this survey, the awareness of health consequences of active and passive smoking in the population of pregnant women and access to the information of this consequence was assessed. Among of women smoking through their pregnancies, the only 19.7% got the information from their doctors about harmful effect of active and passive smoking, and 16.5% of respondents declared self-awareness on health effects of exposure to the tobacco smoke.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego Katedry Medycyny Społecznej Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu. radamek@amp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamek
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Florek
authors.forename: Grzegorz H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Breborowicz
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anholcer
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution