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3. How are perceived and reported partner’s behaviour regarding prenatal alcohol use related to each other?
4. How important are perceived and reported partner’s behaviour in explaining alcohol use of pregnant women?
Chapter 3 presents an online cross-sectional study among 237 Dutch partners of pregnant women. This quantitative study aimed to identify determinants of this partner support to abstain from prenatal alcohol use by analysing differences between partners reporting low versus high support. This chapter answers research question 5.
Chapter 4 answers research questions 6 to 9 by presenting two qualitative studies. The first study among 10 midwives aimed to explore what alcohol advice Dutch midwives give to their clients. The second study among 25 pregnant women and 9 partners aimed to explore what information Dutch pregnant women and partners receive about alcohol in pregnancy.
6. What alcohol advice do Dutch midwives give?
7. Which difficulties do midwives experience with providing
alcohol abstinence advice?
8. How do pregnant women experience midwives’ alcohol advice?
9. How do partners of pregnant women experience midwives’
alcohol advice?
Chapter 5 presents the effect evaluation of two brief interventions to prevent prenatal alcohol use. In this cluster randomized trial, sixty Dutch midwifery practices recruited 135 health counselling (HC), 116 computer tailoring (CT) and 142 Usual Care (UC) respondents. This chapter answers research questions 10 and 11.
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5. What are determinants of partner support to abstain from prenatal alcohol use?
10. Is HC provided by midwives effective for Dutch women to stop or reduce their alcohol use in pregnancy?