Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Trajectories and predictors of alcohol consumption over 21 years of mothers' reproductive life course

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Tran, N.
    Williams, G.
    Alati, Rosa
    Najman, J.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Tran, N. and Williams, G. and Alati, R. and Najman, J. 2015. Trajectories and predictors of alcohol consumption over 21 years of mothers' reproductive life course. SSM - Population Health. 1: pp. 40-47.
    Source Title
    SSM - Population Health
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ssmph.2015.11.002
    ISSN
    2352-8273
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72044
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2015 The Authors. Introduction: Little is known about the patterns of women[U+05F3]s alcohol consumption over their reproductive life course. This study identifies trajectories of alcohol consumption by mothers over 21 years of their reproductive life course and examines baseline predictors of these trajectories. Methods: Data were obtained from a prospective cohort study of 3715 women in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia over 21 years of follow-up. Women[U+05F3]s alcohol consumption was measured by frequency and quantity of use across the surveys. Potential predictors and confounding variables were assessed at baseline. Group based-trajectory modelling was used to identify typical drinking trajectories over the maternal reproductive life course. Multinomial logistic regression was employed to examine predictors associated with these trajectories. Results: Four trajectories of alcohol consumption were indentified for mothers over the 21-year period. These trajectories included abstainers (11.9%), low-stable drinkers (58.0%), moderate-escalating drinkers (25.3%), and heavy-escalating drinkers (4.8%). After adjustment for significant covariates, membership of the abstaining trajectory was predicted by lower family income, being married, and high frequency of church attendance while membership of the heavier-escalating trajectory was associated with women who were not currently married, never went church and had unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Conclusions: Patterns of women[U+05F3]s alcohol consumption exhibit a high level of stability for abstainers and women who drink at low levels. After the birth of their child, there are some changes in alcohol consumption for the moderate and heavy-escalating alcohol consumption groups. Low risk patterns of consumption are associated with variables which generally reflected a low risk behaviour lifestyle. Intervention programmes should particularly target women engaging in the heavy-escalating alcohol consumption group as this group increase their consumption shortly after the birth of their child. There is a need to understand more about the social and health consequences to mothers and their children of being in the moderate and heavy-escalating drinking trajectory groups.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Trajectories of maternal depression: A 27-year population-based prospective study
      Najman, J.; Plotnikova, M.; Williams, G.; Alati, Rosa; Mamun, A.; Scott, J.; Wray, N.; Clavarino, A. (2017)
      Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016. Aims. To identify distinct trajectories of depression experienced by a population-based sample of women over a 27-year period and to assess the validity of the derived trajectories. ...
    • Breastfeeding and perceptions of breast shape changes in Australian and Japanese women
      Inoue, Madoka (2012)
      This thesis examines infant feeding practices, including knowledge and attitudes towards breastfeeding, factors that influence the duration of breastfeeding, and breastfeeding outcomes in relation to postpartum women’s ...
    • Alcohol consumption trajectories over the Australian life course
      Leggat, G.; Livingston, Michael ; Kuntsche, S.; Callinan, S. (2022)
      Background and Aims: Alcohol consumption changes markedly over the life course, with important implications for health and social development. Assessment of these patterns often relies on cross-sectional data, which cannot ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.