PhD Candidate: Tess Fletcher
PhD Title: Determinants of alcohol use intentions in pregnancy: Implications for health promotion
Status: Complete
Start Date: 7/5/2018
End Date: 6/5/2022
Summary
The overarching aim of this study is to provide insight into the psychosocial determinants of Western Australian women’s intentions to use alcohol in pregnancy and extend the evidence base regarding health promotion messages that have the potential to reduce alcohol use in pregnancy.
Specific objectives are:
- To identify the strategies that have been used to design health promotion messages about alcohol use behaviour change during pregnancy and to summarise the evidence supporting the use of such strategies.
- To identify the beliefs of women regarding alcohol use during pregnancy.
- To explore willingness to use small levels of alcohol during pregnancy according to experimental conditions.
- To explore both the general and socially reactive (i.e., context specific) pathways that may contribute to alcohol use in pregnancy.
Supervisors: Professor Barbara Mullan (Curtin University), Dr Amy Finlay-Jones (FASD Research Australia CRE)
Related Publications:
- Perceptions of two different alcohol use behaviours in pregnancy: an application of the prototype/willingness model
- Is 'a little' too much?: An exploration of women's beliefs about alcohol use during pregnancy
For information about this PhD contact Tess Fletcher
The funding for this project is provided through a FASD Research Australia PhD Scholarship. Read more about FASD Research Australia