A comparison of UK primary care data with other national data sources for monitoring the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy

Conclusions Under-recording of smoking status during pregnancy results in unreliable prevalence estimates from primary care data and needs improvement. However, in the absence of gestational smoking data, the inclusion of pre-conception smoking records may increase the utility of primary care data. One strategy to improve gestational smoking status recording in primary care could be the inclusion of pregnancy in the Quality and Outcome’s Framework as a condition for which smoking status and smoking cessation advice must be recorded electronically in patient records.
Source: Journal of Public Health - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Methods Source Type: research