How much do we know about harmful exposures during pregnancy?
Location
Poster Sessions (Learning Commons)
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Your Campus
Armstrong Campus - Armstrong Center, April 19th
Academic Unit
College of Public Health
Research Area Topic:
Public Health & Well Being - Community & Practice-based Research
Co-Presenters and Faculty Mentors or Advisors
Destiny Harris, Undergraduate Student
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Ana Palacios, and Dr. Helen Bland
Abstract
Introduction: Within the state of Georgia, maternal mortality rates have grown significantly while closely following the trend in the United States which has more than doubled between 1990 and 2013. Exposure to harmful substances such as alcohol, recreational drugs, and heavy metals are risk factors for adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes that may have lasting consequences (Dejong et al., 2019; Scherman et al., 2018; Sundermann et al., 2019). The objective of this study is to characterize the knowledge of adults living in the state of Georgia around harmful exposures during pregnancy.
Methods: An online survey using Qualtrics XM ®, Seattle WA, USA. was implemented between March 1st – 23rd, 2022 among adults living in Georgia through social media Data was analyzed using IBM-SPSS Version 28. A score variable was created by adding the correct answers to five questions that were assessing the knowledge and awareness of harmful exposures during pregnancy. A one-way Anova was constructed to compare the variance in answers between sociodemographic variables and knowledge of harmful exposures.
Results: We observed self-identified non-black or white as well as those who identified as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino scored lower relative to those who identified as Black or White, or non-Hispanic, p=0.001, and p=0.025, respectively.
Conclusions: Our findings highlight a need for educational intervention for adults living in the state of Georgia.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (Restricted to Georgia Southern)
Start Date
4-19-2022 1:00 PM
End Date
4-19-2022 2:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Sutlive, Candace; Harris, Destiny; Palacios, Ana; and Bland, Helen, "How much do we know about harmful exposures during pregnancy?" (2022). GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. 3.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/research_symposium/2022A/2022A/3
How much do we know about harmful exposures during pregnancy?
Poster Sessions (Learning Commons)
Introduction: Within the state of Georgia, maternal mortality rates have grown significantly while closely following the trend in the United States which has more than doubled between 1990 and 2013. Exposure to harmful substances such as alcohol, recreational drugs, and heavy metals are risk factors for adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes that may have lasting consequences (Dejong et al., 2019; Scherman et al., 2018; Sundermann et al., 2019). The objective of this study is to characterize the knowledge of adults living in the state of Georgia around harmful exposures during pregnancy.
Methods: An online survey using Qualtrics XM ®, Seattle WA, USA. was implemented between March 1st – 23rd, 2022 among adults living in Georgia through social media Data was analyzed using IBM-SPSS Version 28. A score variable was created by adding the correct answers to five questions that were assessing the knowledge and awareness of harmful exposures during pregnancy. A one-way Anova was constructed to compare the variance in answers between sociodemographic variables and knowledge of harmful exposures.
Results: We observed self-identified non-black or white as well as those who identified as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino scored lower relative to those who identified as Black or White, or non-Hispanic, p=0.001, and p=0.025, respectively.
Conclusions: Our findings highlight a need for educational intervention for adults living in the state of Georgia.
