NEWS and ARTICLES
HealthCanal.com (Australia) -
Population-based study provides new alcohol and pregnancy data
From the findings of the first-ever
population-based study of its kind in Australia, a Curtin University
researcher has released a report highlighting the impact of maternal
alcohol consumption on the health and development of children.
Herald Sun (Australia) - Hospitals
under fire from medical chief for offering alcohol to pregnant women
HOSPITALS are
offering pregnant mums wine and beer - despite doctors' alarm over
the number of "booze babies" born with brain damage.
SBS (Australia) -
MPs want fetal alcohol warning on drinks
All alcoholic
drinks should carry a health warning for pregnant women, a
parliamentary committee says.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Booze risks for unborn spur mum into action
A mother of a
disabled son is pleading for warning labels to be slapped on alcohol
to prevent hundreds of children being born brain-damaged every year.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Inquiry to report on fetal alcohol problem
Australia's love
of alcohol is well documented - even celebrated. Less publicised are
the consequences of pregnant women who drink and damage their unborn
babies.
Lethbridge Herald
(Canada) - Reaching out to FASD victims
As a former young
offenders centre employee and group home worker, Brent Lorenz learned
to work with struggling kids before they got wrapped up in a life of
crime. Now a constable with the Lethbridge regional police, he's the
only police officer in the world who deals specifically with youth
who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Canada First
Perspective (Canada) - Society 'will feel impact' of Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
A First Nations
leader said fetal alcohol spectrum disorder — also known as FASD —
is an "alarming" problem amongst Canada's Aboriginal
population.
AllAfrica.com
(South Africa) - South Africa: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Campaign in
Carnavon
Alcohol is killing
the moral fibre of our society, and it has now reached a point where
unborn babies are disabled for life due to the fact that mothers are
consuming alcohol during pregnancy. This phenomena has rocked the
rural town of De Aar, to point where it is now the town with the
highest reported incidences of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.
UPCOMING EVENTS
First International Conference on
Prevention of FASD
Call for Abstracts
Now Open
Provincial
Outreach Program - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the
Justice System (webinar)
This webcast will
share knowledge and information about FASD and the justice system by:
· briefly
exploring what Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is;
·
presenting on a program designed and implemented by the Asante Centre
for youth involved in the justice system with FASD (including
findings and statistics);
· sharing
research findings focusing on substance abuse (drug and alcohol
programs for youth with FASD) being lead by the Asante Centre; and
·
describing Manitoba’s Youth Justice FASD program for youth involved
the criminal justice system (including challenges and
recommendations)
SFU - Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Conferences
This conference is
a 3-day juried hearing of evidence and scientific findings that
allows for the engagement and collaboration of citizens, decision
makers in government, and the justice system in addressing a specific
set of key questions on legal issues of FASD.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Best Start -
Breastfeeding and Alcohol Use: Parent Knowledge and Behaviours in
Ontario, 2011
The Best Start
Resource Centre would like to thank Leger Marketing for completing
this Ontario parent survey about breastfeeding and alcohol use,
providing the data analysis and identifying preliminary trends.
NOFAS - Tania
Peterman on living with FASD
The National
Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is the leading voice
and resource of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
community. Founded in 1990, NOFAS is the only international
non-profit organization committed solely to FASD primary prevention,
advocacy and support.
CAPHC - Beyond
Screening - Understanding the Core Deficits and Diagnosis of FASD
This webinar is an
extension of our webinar series on screening tools for FASD.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Rodinka (Slovakia)
- Čo by ste povedali tehotnej, ktorá pije alkohol?
Takouto
jednoduchou otázkou začínala konferencia Návratu, venovaná
FAS-cinujúcim deťom. Tak si skúste sami pred sebou v duchu
odpovedať.
Delfi (Estonia) -
Karskusliit: kinkige oma veel sündimata lapsele alkoholivaba 9
kuud
Alkoholi
tarvitamine raseduse ajal põhjustab erinevaid kahjustusi vähemalt
1%-le Euroopa Liidu elanikest, mõjutades seega umbes 5 miljonit
inimest. Tegemist on seega Euroopa Liidus sünnidefektide ja
arenguhäirete juhtiva põhjusega, mis on samas 100% ennetatav.
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