DRINKING WHILE PREGNANTShayna Hack

Rigo Guiterrez

Rashad Wadood

Arizona State University

Spring 2013

WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH

Research that is launches a problem that is in need of problem solving.

STEPS IN ACTION RESEARCH

Identify the problem

Collection of data

Interpretation

Action based on

data

Reflection

IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM

Definition: Seeing the problem before trying to solve it.

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

1. Do you think preg-nant women should be

allowed to purchase alcohol? Why or why

not? PositiveGrey AreaNegative

2. Do you know anyone personally that has drank alcoholic bever-

ages during pregnancy? If so, did the child have any birth defects?

Yes - YesYes - NoNo - No

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

Positive

Grey Area

Negative

3. Do you think it goes against our American rights to illegalize pregnant women from purchasing alcohol?

Positive

Grey Area

Negative

4. Should there be any law enforcement behind the U.S. Surgeon General warning labels?

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

Reckless Decisions

Personal Rights

Higher rate of underage

drinking

N/A0123456789

5. Why do you think laws are more enforced towards underage drinking opposed to pregnant women drinking?

Positive Grey Area Negative5.5

6

6.5

7

7.5

6. Even though non-alcoholic beers have less than 1% alcohol, should pregnant women be allowed to drink it?

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

7. Should the mother still have rights over her

child even if it may be detrimental to the child?

PositiveGrey AreaNegative8. If a mother is breast

feeding in a restaurant, should the server allow

her to drink alcohol?PositiveGrey AreaNegative

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

No action

Take child away

Counseling

Legal Action

N/A

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

9. What are some reasonable consequences if a mother is drinking while pregnant and affects the child?

Positive

Grey Area

Negative

0 2 4 6 8 101214161820

10. Will there be complications with not being ableto distinguish if a woman is pregnant or not?

DATA/INTERPRETDATA

0

5

10

15

11. Can you think of any alternative ways todistinguish if a woman is pregnant or not?

0

4

8

12

12. Do you think the restaurant shouldhave the rights to ask a woman if she ispregnant or not?

ACTION BASED ON DATA

REFLECTION

According to potsdam.edu, in a recent study, 400,000 women consumed alcohol and there were no affects on the child when consumption was under 8.5 drinks per week.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome only occurs among heavy drinkers/alcoholics

A follow-up of children at 18 months of age found that those from women who drank during pregnancy, even two drinks per day, scored higher in several areas of development.

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