Pregnant Women and Alcohol Use in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region

Adusi-Poku, Yaw

Pregnant Women and Alcohol Use in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region

dc.contributor.author	Adusi-Poku, Yaw
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-29T15:55:14Z
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-19T01:42:16Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-29T15:55:14Z
dc.date.available	2023-04-19T01:42:16Z
dc.date.issued	2011-08-29
dc.description	A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Community Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology, Kumasi In Partial Fulfilment Of Requirement For the Degree of Master of Public Health In Population And Reproductive Health	en_US
dc.description.abstract	There are anecdotal claims that problem of alcohol ingestion exists among women in the reproductive years in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region but there is lack of data to support this. The principal objective of this study therefore was to validate these claims by the assessment of alcohol consumption among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The study, a descriptive cross-sectional, was conducted in ten health facilities providing reproductive health care in the district in the months of July to October, 2010 with a sample size of 397 pregnant women. The main findings of the study were that 20.4% of pregnant women drank alcohol even though about three-quarters (78.0%) thought that alcohol had harmful effects in pregnancy. Fifty-seven percent (57.0%) of these (78.0%) did not actually know the possible harm that alcohol could cause on pregnancy. The most preferred drink was Akpeteshie, a locally manufactured distilled alcoholic beverage (36.4%), followed by Ginsing/Kasapreko/Pusher (27.3%). Study participants drank an average of ‘half-tot’ and ‘one-tot’ per a drinking session respectively. Logistic Regression analysis to identify the effects of some socio-demographic variables on alcohol consumption revealed that, Marital status and Religious affiliation were predictive of alcohol consumption, p< 0.10. It is recommended that the DHMT strengthens health education on alcohol at ANC and through the radio as well as the DHMT collaborating with the Ghana Health Service to embark on education of school pupils and students on the harmful effects of alcohol in pregnancy.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/1187
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Alcohol,	en_US
dc.subject	Women	en_US
dc.subject	Reproductive years	en_US
dc.subject	Fetal alchohol syndrome	en_US
dc.subject	Akpeteshie	en_US
dc.title	Pregnant Women and Alcohol Use in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US