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Home Health Study uses urine screening to detect alcohol use in early pregnancy

Study uses urine screening to detect alcohol use in early pregnancy

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Previous reports have indicated that between 20% and 60% of pregnant women in Ireland consume alcohol during pregnancy. Data on alcohol consumption by pregnant women in Ireland have previously only been collected through self-reporting in questionnaires, which may give an incomplete picture of consumption. Based on the available data, some medical research has extrapolated that Ireland could have the third highest prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world.

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