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Table 2 Midwives' potential to offer greater support to women

From: Midwives' knowledge, attitudes and practice about alcohol exposure and the risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

 

Midwives

 

Number answering question

n (%)

Midwives could offer greater support if they had…

 Professional development about screening tools for alcohol consumption

155

145 (93.5)

 Professional development about brief intervention

155

144 (92.9)

 Professional development about alcohol consumption during pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

155

144 (92.9)

 More accessible specialist alcohol services for referring pregnant women

153

141 (92.2)

 More involvement in early pregnancy care

154

143 (92.9)

 Standardised forms to record health, medical and alcohol consumption history

153

139 (90.8)

 More involvement in antenatal care

155

139 (89.7)

 Prompts for brief intervention

155

139 (89.7)

 Web-based educational resources for midwives about alcohol consumption during pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

154

138 (89.6)

 Hard-copy educational resources for midwives about alcohol consumption during pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

154

136 (88.3)

 Greater supply of written materials to give to pregnant women

155

136 (87.7)

 More standardised resources to use when running antenatal classes or parenting education programs

153

134 (87.6)

 More knowledge about conversational techniques to use when addressing alcohol consumption in pregnancy

155

134 (86.5)