Do women change their health behaviours in pregnancy? Findings from the Southampton Women's Survey.

Journal article

A woman's life style choices before and during pregnancy have important implications for her unborn child, but information on behaviour can be unreliable when data are collected retrospectively. In particular there are no large longitudinal datasets that include information collected prospectively before pregnancy to allow accurate description of changes in behaviour into pregnancy. The Southampton Women's Survey is a longitudinal study of women in Southampton, UK, characterised when they wer...

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Authors: Crozier, SR; Robinson, S; Borland, SE; Godfrey, K; Cooper, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 446-453
• Publication date: 2009-09-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01036.x
• EISSN: 1365-3016
• ISSN: 0269-5022
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Pregnancy; Caffeine; Alcohol Drinking; Female; Prenatal Care; Health Behavior; Smoking; Cohort Studies; Pregnant Women; England; Longitudinal Studies; Diet; SWS Study Group; Preconception Care; Adult