Efficacy of a SIDS risk factor education methodology at a native American and Caucasian site.

Objective: To complete a community based efficacy study of a SIDS risk reduction methodology.

Methods: We utilized two community sites for this study: 1) a Native American home visiting program for pregnant and young mothers; and 2) an obstetrics department in a community hospital. Pre and posttests were used to measure learning.

Prenatal alcohol exposure assessment: multiple embedded measures in a prenatal questionnaire.

Alcohol exposure during pregnancy is a well-recognized public health problem. Accurate assessment of prenatal alcohol exposure is especially important to identify women in need of intervention. In this study, a 36-item prenatal questionnaire was utilized to survey a representative sample of prenatal care providers to examine prevalence rates of exposure.