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Associations Between Neighborhood Environment and Prenatal Alcohol and Tobacco Exposure
Yingjing Xia1, Veronica Vieira1
1Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.
Objective:
Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure continue to have an impact on a significant portion of the U.S. population every year. Differences in neighborhood environment may be a contributing factor. The current study examines whether prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure differ by neighborhood environment.
Method:
We used neighborhood environment data linked to a U.S.-based, nationally representative cohort of adolescents (N = 8,731; 47.2% female; age: M = 118.6 months, SD = 7.4 months).
Results:
Lower neighborhood deprivation, less air pollution, higher lead risk, and higher perceived neighborhood safety were associated with prenatal alcohol exposure, whereas higher neighborhood deprivation and lower perceived neighborhood safety were associated with prenatal tobacco exposure.
Conclusions:
Neighborhood environments differ between prenatal alcohol-exposed children and unexposed children, as well as between prenatal tobacco-exposed children and unexposed children. Future research should consider the cumulative and interactive effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and tobacco and the neighborhood environment.
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