Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on May 19, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2006 31(1):1-4; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj036
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Impact of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Children’s Health, Development, School Performance, and Risk Behavior
1 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, and 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine
All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Claire Coles, Emory University, Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff Road, NG, Atlanta, GA 30306. E-mail: ccoles@emory.edu or Maureen Black, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 West Lombard Street, Room 311E, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. E-mail: mblack@peds.umaryland.edu.
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Why a Special Issue on Prenatal Substance Exposure? |
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In the United States, exposure to maternal use of drugs and alcohol, pre- and/or postnatally, is one of the most common risk factors associated with children’s negative behavioral and developmental outcomes. Despite evidence linking alcohol and tobacco to fetal damage and warnings from public health campaigns, currently, at least 10% of women drink alcohol during pregnancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004
) and 11% smoke cigarettes (Martin, Kochanek, Strobino, Guyer, & MacDorman, 2005). Although these reported rates have declined in recent years, they may not reflect exposure early in the pregnancy before women know they are pregnant. For instance, recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) reported that over 50% of women of childbearing age who were not using birth control drank alcohol and were, therefore, at risk for pregnancy complicated by fetal risk. Maternal substance use also includes marijuana, "hard drugs" (heroin, cocaine, and |
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