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A harm reduction approach for women who use alcohol in pregnancy : strategies for NP practice Mahon, Sarah

Abstract

A significant percentage of women in the United States and Canada continue to use alcohol in pregnancy despite the clear recommendations of total abstinence from policy makers. Abstinence as an approach fails to recognize the connections between alcohol use in pregnancy and social context. Harm reduction strategies broaden the range of approaches that NPs can draw from when working with women. This change can be enacted by incorporating the underlying principles of harm reduction into NP practice at the clinical, policy, and research levels. By using a multilevel approach, NPs can increase the likelihood of long term, positive health outcomes for women who consume alcohol in pregnancy and their children.

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A harm reduction approach for women who use alcohol in pregnancy : strategies for NP practice
Creator
Mahon, Sarah
Date Issued
2016-04
Description
A significant percentage of women in the United States and Canada continue to use alcohol in pregnancy despite the clear recommendations of total abstinence from policy makers. Abstinence as an approach fails to recognize the connections between alcohol use in pregnancy and social context. Harm reduction strategies broaden the range of approaches that NPs can draw from when working with women. This change can be enacted by incorporating the underlying principles of harm reduction into NP practice at the clinical, policy, and research levels. By using a multilevel approach, NPs can increase the likelihood of long term, positive health outcomes for women who consume alcohol in pregnancy and their children.
Subject
Nurse Practitioner; Harm reduction; Alcohol use in pregnancy
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. NURS 596
Date Available
2017-07-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0348880
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62288
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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