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Sex, Gender, and Alcohol Use: Implications for Women and Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines
This 2022 review synthesizes international evidence showing that alcohol affects women differently due to both biological (sex-related) and social (gender-related) factors. Biologically, women experience faster
The impact of a brief web-based intervention on improving awareness of the need to reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy among high-risk female college student drinkers: a quasi-experimental study
This study examined whether a short, 30-minute online education session could help young women who drink heavily better understand the risks of drinking during pregnancy
Dry January (Or… Dry-ish January), It’s Not Too Late to Start
If you opened your calendar this morning, realized we’re already well into January, and thought, “Welp, guess I missed Dry January,” good news: you absolutely
Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis below, examined 36,214 pregnant women across 37 studies to better understand the prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner
Health Promotion and Support Grounded in Interconnected Influences on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
This narrative review by Poole, Wolfson, and Huber (2025) examines the complex and interconnected factors that influence alcohol use during pregnancy. Drawing on 32 peer-reviewed