Parental drinking and adverse outcomes in children: A scoping review of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and aims

There is a growing interest in measuring alcohol's harms to people other than the drinker themselves. 'Children of alcoholics' and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder have received widespread attention. Less is known about how children are affected by post-natal exposure to parental drinking other than alcohol abuse/dependence. In this scoping review, we aim to assemble and map existing evidence from cohort studies on the consequences of parental alcohol use for children, and to identify limitations and gaps in this literature.

Design and methods

Systematic review methods were used. Electronic databases were searched (1980 to October 2013) and a total of 3215 abstracts were screened, 326 full text papers examined and 99 eligible for inclusion according to

SUBMITTER: Rossow I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4950034 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature