Mandatory warning signs for alcohol use during pregnancy and birth and infant outcomes in southern United States: a quasi-experimental study
The MWS-alcohol-pregnancy policy was associated with lower birthweight and more infant maltreatment. This study provides further evidence that MWS-alcohol-pregnancy policies are mostly ineffective and possibly harmful.
Authors
- Sarah Raifman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5025-2412)
- Meenakshi S. Subbaraman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-7552)
- Alex Schulte
- Sarah C. M. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7732-4607)
- Guodong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-0803)
- Claudia Zaugg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7900-057X)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Public Health Institute (US)
- Department of Public Health (MM)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaf076
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00