Drinking in pregnancy: shifting towards the 'precautionary' principle

Thom, Betsy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4975-7613, Herring, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-5842 and Milne, Emma (2020) Drinking in pregnancy: shifting towards the 'precautionary' principle. In: Risk and substance use: framing dangerous people and dangerous places. MacGregor, Susanne and Thom, Betsy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4975-7613, eds. Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness . Routledge, pp. 66-87. ISBN 9781138491243, e-ISBN 9781351033503. [Book Section] (doi:10.4324/9781351033503-5)

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Abstract

Debate rages both in academic circles and in the media over communicating messages to the public regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy. This chapter considers how research-based evidence is translated into risk communications through three key mechanisms: ‘official’ publications and guidance issued by government departments or health authorities; websites run by advocacy groups; and midwives at the front line in delivering advice to women. The focus is on the UK, and, to a lesser extent, other countries (USA, Australia, New Zealand), where the ‘risk narrative’ around drinking in pregnancy and pressures towards adopting the ‘precautionary principle’ have emerged and strengthened over recent decades.

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