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Adolescent Pregnancy and Smoking in West Virginia: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2005–2010

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Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the association between prenatal smoking and small for gestational age (SGA) infants among adolescent women in West Virginia, taking into account sociodemographic and health-related factors. Methods Secondary data analysis was conducted using the 2005–2010 West Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring Systems weighted dataset. The study population using complete case analysis procedure consisted of 886 adolescent women ages 19 and younger who delivered a live singleton infant in West Virginia. Results The prevalence of smoking among adolescents during the last 3 months of pregnancy was 67 %. Nearly a quarter (22.0 %) of the adolescents gave birth to SGA infants. Results from the logistic regression analysis showed that after controlling for sociodemographic and health-related variables, adolescents who smoked during the last 3 months of pregnancy were more likely to have SGA infants than those who did not smoke during the last 3 months of pregnancy (OR = 1.86, 95 % CI 1.06–3.27, P = 0.0307). Conclusion This study highlights the importance of recognizing that prenatal smoking is an issue among West Virginia adolescents and the need for evidence-based, culturally, and developmentally appropriate interventions for this Appalachian population.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its support and guidance of the PRAMS project in West Virginia with special thanks to Melissa Baker (PRAMS working group-West Virginia, CDC) and Traci Hudson (coordinator PRAMS project, Office of Maternal and Child Health, Bureau for Public Health West Virginia CDC).

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  1. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University School of Public Health, 1 Medical Center Drive, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV, 26505-9190, USA

    Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo

  2. Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, OH, 43016, USA

    Zelalem Teka Haile

  3. Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV, 26505-9190, USA

    Amna Umer

  4. Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences and Professions, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA

    Ilana R. Azulay Chertok

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Ahmadi-Montecalvo, H., Haile, Z.T., Umer, A. et al. Adolescent Pregnancy and Smoking in West Virginia: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2005–2010. Matern Child Health J 20, 2465–2473 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2040-y

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