Angela L Ruiz-Barreto, Melissa T Alanís-Rodríguez, Dante I Terrones-Martínez, Ana C Padrón-Martínez, Víctor Arízaga-Ballesteros, Mario R Alcorta-García, José J Góngora-Cortés, Augusto Rojas-Martínez, Miguel Del Campo-Casanelles, Víctor J Lara-Díaz
BACKGROUND: Teenage pregnancy is a significant public health issue in Mexico; its prevalence oscillates around 20% of all pregnancies. Concurrently, alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use have become more common in this age group. METHODS: To estimate the prevalence of substance exposure in a population of pregnant teenagers, we conducted a prospective, observational, and cross-sectional study. The protocol was approved by the institutional review board. On informed consent, we asked 420 consecutive pregnant youngsters cared for at the outpatient obstetric service of a tertiary public regional women's and children's hospital in Nuevo León, in northeast Mexico, to answer a previously validated questionnaire to estimate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs use during pregnancy...
2023: Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México