title: [Alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy in Argentina: prevalence and risk factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe alcohol consumption by Argentine women before and during pregnancy and identify the factors associated with consumption- and pregnancy-related changes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional observational study. Women were interviewed after giving birth and receiving care at two perinatal health care centers in Santa Fe, Argentina. Sociodemographic information, data on their alcohol use, and other information were obtained from the participants. A descriptive analysis of consumption prevalence rates was made and the factors associated with patterns of alcohol use were identified by means of repeated measure analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 614 participants, 75.2% had had at least one alcoholic drink (standard unit) during pregnancy and 83.3% had done so in the previous year; 15.1% admitted having at least one episode of binge drinking (five or more drinks) during pregnancy and 27.6% in the year prior to pregnancy. Only 30.6% of the women said they had made any change in consumption during the previous year; of those, 55.6% reduced their consumption and 41.8% stopped drinking. Women who consumed the most alcohol before and during pregnancy reported higher consumption by their partners, smoked, and had more permissive attitudes about alcohol use during pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A specific prevention plan is required in Argentina to reduce alcohol use in pregnant women, adjusted to local patterns of use, with interventions that include couples, and focused on the youngest women, those who use tobacco, and those who have more permissive attitudes about alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, nanablopez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mariana B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, nanablopez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vanessa Arán
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Filippetti
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cremonte
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult