ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FAS PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：建议的研究将 对四种类型的自然发生的 有可能预防胎儿酒精综合征和 胎儿酒精的影响。首先，该项目将扩大对经济的研究 酒类税收和可获得性政策的有效性，以审查其在 减少孕妇饮酒和酗酒。第二，项目 将检查孕妇饮酒的程度 州和地方立法减少，要求销售点酒精健康 警告信号。第三，该项目将采用计量经济学方法 接受医嘱戒酒的治疗效果评估 孕妇的消耗量。第四，项目将重新审视影响 1989年，联邦政府要求在酒精饮料容器上贴上警告标签。 为了实现这些目标，该项目将分析1988年全国 母婴健康调查(NMIHS)由国家母婴健康调查中心进行 健康统计。公众使用国家档案提供了几乎 1.9万名孕妇。这些数据包含女性酒精含量的测量结果 消费、产前护理和接受来自保健机构的建议 怀孕期间喝酒是专业的。关于国家酗酒者的信息 饮品税率和销售点酒精健康的法律要求 警示标志将与NMIHS中的个人级别数据合并。这个 该项目还将使用1988年NMIHS的1991年纵向跟踪调查 调查酒精饮料警示标签的影响。被幸运地 时间，1988年NMIHS及其1991年的后续调查提供了关于 实施前后孕妇饮酒情况 必需的酒精饮料警告标签。研究结果将提供 估计当前干预措施的有效性，以提供信息 为政策制定者提供关于替代方法的相对收益和成本的信息。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The proposed study will conduct econometric investigations of four types of naturally occurring interventions that have the potential to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects. First, the project will extend economics research on the effectiveness of alcohol tax and availability policies to examine their role in reducing alcohol consumption and abuse by pregnant women. Second, the project will examine the extent to which alcohol consumption by pregnant women is reduced by state and local legislation, requiring point of sale alcohol health warning signs. Third, the project will employ econometric methodology to estimate the treatment effect of the receipt of physician advice on alcohol consumption by pregnant women. Fourth, the project will re-visit the impact of the 1989 federal requirement of warning labels on alcohol beverage containers. To accomplish these aims, the project will analyze data from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The public use national files provide a sample of almost 19,000 pregnant women. The data contain measures of the women's alcohol consumption, prenatal care, and receipt of advice from a health care professional about drinking while pregnant. Information on state alcoholic beverage tax rates and legal requirements for point-of-sale alcohol health warning signs will be merged with the individual-level data in the NMIHS. The project will also use the 1991 Longitudinal Follow-up Survey to the 1988 NMIHS to investigate the impact of alcohol beverage warning labels. By fortunate timing, the 1988 NMIHS and its 1991 Follow-up Survey provide information on pregnant women's alcohol consumption before and after the implementation of required alcohol beverage warning labels. The results of the study will provide estimates of the effectiveness of current interventions, to provide information for policymakers on the relative benefits and costs of alternative approaches.