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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Child Welfare. 2023 Oct 6;101(3):51–76.

Table 2.

Percentage of Correct Answers on Professionals’ Survey Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Knowledge Quiz

Survey item Number (Percentage) of Correct Responses
Women only need to avoid hard liquor during pregnancy; beer and wine are okay. (False) 234 (99%)
Alcohol can harm an embryo or fetus at any time during pregnancy. (True) 231 (97%)
There is no cure for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, although treatment can mitigate some effects. (True) 227 (96%)
A woman can have one or two drinks a day without causing harm to her baby since she isn’t binging. (False) 223 (94%)
Women who drink early in pregnancy but stop drinking are not at risk for having a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. (False) 214 (90%)
Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading known cause of developmental disability and birth defects in the United States. (True) 208 (88%)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders occur only if the mother is an alcoholic during pregnancy. (False) 203 (86%)
Of all substances of abuse, alcohol produces the most serious neurobehavioral effects in the fetus. (True) 176 (74%)
Most children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder have unusual facial features. (False) 85 (36%)

Note. Number and percentage of survey respondents who responded correctly to true/false survey items in prenatal alcohol exposure knowledge quiz.