Smoking and Its Consequences in Pregnant Women in Ukraine

Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of a number of complications of pregnancy and can have adverse effects on the child. This study provides data from Ukraine that are consistent with the international literature on the effects of smoking during pregnancy. The study of nearly 700 women in Ukraine examined the rate of smoking during pregnancy and factors related to continued smoking. It documents the outcomes of pregnancy in women who smoked prior to pregnancy, and who smoked during pregnancy compared to those who did not. It also looks at pregnancy outcomes with respect to the baby's father smoking. Smoking during pregnancy is at low levels in Ukraine (less than 5 percent of pregnant women), but is associated with family structure, the baby's father smoking, and the number of previous abortions. It is also associated with placental insufficiency, low birth weight, fetus hypotrophy, and hip joint dysphasia. The father's smoking is associated with decreased fertility, late toxicosis, miscarriage threat in third trimester, small baby, and lower infant functional status. There was no evidence that information on the dangers of smoking while pregnant encouraged cessation.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Andreeva, Tatiana I., Gilpin, Elizabeth, Salyuk, Tetyana O., Krasovsky, Konstantin S., Dovbakh, Anna V.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-08
Subjects:	ABORTION, ABORTIONS, ADDICTION, ADOLESCENCE, AGED, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL USE, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, ANEMIA, ANTENATAL CARE, BABIES, BIRTH OUTCOMES, BIRTH WEIGHT, BIRTHS, CAESAREAN SECTION, CIGARETTE SMOKING, CLINICS, COCAINE, COCAINE USE, COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, DISEASES, DRUG USE, ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FAMILIES, FATHERS, GESTATIONAL AGE, HEALTH, HOSPITALS, ILLEGAL DRUGS, ILLNESSES, INFANT MORBIDITY, INFANTS, INTERVENTION, IRON, IRON SUPPLEMENTS, MATERNAL COCAINE USE, MATERNAL SMOKING, MEDICINE, MEDICINES, MISCARRIAGE, MISCARRIAGES, MORBIDITY, NEONATAL PERIOD, NUTRITION, OBSTETRIC INTERVENTIONS, OUTCOMES OF PREGNANCY, PASSIVE SMOKING, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY OUTCOME, PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, PREGNANT WOMAN, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREMATURE DEATH, PRENATAL CARE, PRENATAL TOBACCO, PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, SMOKERS, SMOKING, SMOKING CESSATION, SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY, SOCIAL WORK, SUBSTANCE USE, TOBACCO, TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, TOBACCO CONTROL, TOBACCO EPIDEMIC, TOBACCO INDUSTRY, TOBACCO TAXES, TOBACCO USE, UNPROTECTED SEX, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6499114/smoking-consequences-pregnant-women-ukraine https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13740
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