| Literature DB >> 3580312 |
C MacArthur, J R Newton, E G Knox.
Abstract
The effects of anti-smoking health education during pregnancy on smoking behaviour and the subsequent infant's size at birth were investigated in a controlled trial. It was found that the planned educational intervention was incompletely carried out and was given more effectively to primigravidae in whom subsequent reduction of smoking was more evident. The effects of educative intervention on size at birth were therefore analysed for first and later pregnancies separately. The differences in birthweight and length between the intervention and control groups were concentrated almost entirely among the first born infants who were 68 g heavier and 0.75 cm longer in the intervention group than the first born infants in the control group.Entities:
Keywords: Behavior; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Comparative Studies; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Education; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Health; Health Education; Health Services; Iec; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Medicine; Organization And Administration; Parity; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Primiparity; Program Activities; Programs; Research Methodology; Smoking--prevention and control; Social Behavior; Studies
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3580312 DOI： 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1987.tb03094.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Obstet Gynaecol ISSN： 0306-5456