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Abstract

Prior to the pandemic, our research team implemented a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) in American Indian women. When active recruitment for the in-person trial was paused due to COVID, the research team moved to conducting follow-up surveys with participants who had completed the intervention to better understand changes to their alcohol use during the pandemic. We collected surveys from 62 American Indian women who had completed the Native CHOICES intervention. Baseline data collected pre-COVID included demographics and scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Follow-up surveys conducted during the active pandemic period included a self-reported questionnaire about changes in drinking patterns. At pre-COVID baseline, all participants were engaged in heavy or binge drinking. At follow-up during COVID, 24.2% reported drinking more, and over half had at least one binge drinking episode. Approximately half reported reduced drinking. We found that risky drinking remained an issue during the pandemic for many American Indian women who had engaged in this behavior pre-COVID, while others reported reducing their alcohol consumption. As the pandemic abates, concerted efforts must be made to reach those with identified alcohol use disorders to offer resources and intervention as needed.

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Title
Alcohol Consumption during COVID among Women with an Existing Alcohol-Use Disorder
Author
Hanson, Jessica D 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Noonan, Carolyn 2 ; Harris, Amy 1 ; Oziel, Kyra 2 ; Sarche, Michelle 3 ; MacLehose, Richard F 4 ; Marcia O’Leary 5 ; Buchwald, Dedra 2 

 Department of Applied Human Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA; [email protected] 
 Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Washington State University, Seattle, WA 98101, USA; [email protected] (C.N.); [email protected] (K.O.); [email protected] (D.B.) 
 Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; [email protected] 
 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA; [email protected] 
 Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc., Eagle Butte, SD 57625, USA; [email protected] 
First page
9460
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2576419029
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.