Table 1.

Questions concerning knowledge of health risks associated with alcohol misuse and alcohol use during pregnancy

1. Drinking alcohol can hurt an unborn child

2. Drinking alcohol can help you when you are pregnant

3. Drinking lots of alcohol for many years may cause breast cancer and other cancers

4. Drinking lots of alcohol for many years may cause heart problems

5. Drinking lots of alcohol for many years may cause problems with how you think

6. Drinking lots of alcohol for many years may cause problems with your liver

7. Drinking lots of alcohol for many years may affect the amount of sugar in your blood

Note: Range of scores for above questions (0 = disagree; 1 = unsure; 2 = agree).

8. How much alcohol can hurt an unborn child? (0 = does not hurt child; 1 = one drink; 2 = several drinks)

9. Drinking alcohol can help you when you are pregnant (0 = never; 1 = sometimes; 2 = frequently)

10. I drank alcohol when pregnant (0 = never; 1 = sometimes; 2 = frequently)

A curandero (i.e., community folk healer) said that drinking alcohol might help me during pregnancy (0 = never; 1 = sometimes; 2 = frequently)

11. My family said that drinking alcohol would help me during pregnancy (0 = never; 1 = sometimes; 2 = frequently).

12. How many times did you drink alcohol during your most recent pregnancy (0 = did not drink; 1 = 1 time; 2 = 2 times; 3 = 3 times; 4 = 4 times; 5 = 5 times; 6 = 6 or more times).