Table 3. Environmental literacy and screening practices based on respondents’ specialty.

Characteristic	Value	OB/GYN n = 195 Number (% of total)	Specialist n = 72 Number (% of total)	Resident n = 37 Number (% of total)	p
Read ACOG opinions/bulletins		181(93)	66(92)	37(100)	0.237
Do you routinely screen new patients for any of the following? (Choose all that apply)	Prenatal vitamin use	177(91)	52(72)	33(89)	< .001
	Supplement use	146(75)	49(68)	21(57)	0.069
	Tobacco use	183(94)	66(92)	36(97)	0.525
	Alcohol use	179(92)	65(90)	35(95)	0.746
	Exercise habits	139(71)	47(65)	21(57)	0.190
	Dietary habits	129(66)	37(51)	17(46)	0.015
	Domestic abuse	138(71)	48(67)	31(84)	0.168
	Fish intake	59(30)	12(17)	1(3)	< .001
	Occupational exposures	45(23)	19(26)	2(5)	0.029
	Environmental chemicals	17(9)	13(18)	3(8)	0.086
	Other	9(5)	1(1)	1(3)	0.485
Which of the following environmental exposures do you routinely ask your patients about? (Choose all that apply)	Lead exposure	27(14)	9(13)	3(8)	0.645
	Mercury exposure	32(16)	6(8)	1(3)	0.030
	Pesticide use	15(8)	8(11)	0(0)	0.120
	Occupational exposure	62(32)	24(33)	5(14)	0.064
	Air pollution exposure	23(12)	5(7)	1(3)	0.152
	Plastics for food storage	1(1)	2(3)	2(5)	0.044
	Water source	9(5)	3(4)	0(0)	0.516
	Personal care products	15(8)	6(8)	0(0)	0.202
	Household cleaners	12(6)	4(6)	0(0)	0.343
Knowledge to counsel environmental chemicals/adverse health		7(4)	2(3)	0(0)	0.557
Training to discuss with a patient how to reduce exposure		22(12)	5(7)	2(6)	0.356
Know where to refer a patient		55(30)	22(32)	2(6)	0.007
Comfort obtaining environmental history?		29(16)	11(16)	3(9)	0.552
Read Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents (ACOG/ASRM) or FIGO Statement		21(12)	14(20)	1(3)	0.029

Values reported are frequency and column percentage. N = 8 providers not responding to questions about Practice Type omitted from Table 3.