NEWS and ARTICLES
The Chronicle of Social Change (USA) -
Raising Adrian – My Own Experience with FASD in America
In August 2008 an
adorable, Hispanic toddler walked through our front door and into our
family. Although he was two years and eight months old, he was
non-verbal, wore clothes sized for an 18-month-old, and looked to be
very unhealthy. His skin color was ashen, it felt clammy to the
touch, and he had quite a bit of bruising on his little body.
TopNews New
Zealand (New Zealand) - NT's Indigenous has higher FASD
Health supporters
are concerned more kids are, no doubt conceived with foetal liquor
range confusion (FASD) in Australia on the grounds that ladies are
getting messages that are mixed.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Yukon MP plans private member bill on FASD
Yukon MP Ryan Leef
says the Conservative government is tough on crime, but that doesn't
mean jail is always the best solution.
3News NZ (New
Zealand) - Fetal alcohol research funding needed
The social cost of
children born to mothers who drank during pregnancy may be costing
New Zealand millions of dollars a year.
Globalnews.ca
(Canada) - Lego helps children with mental disabilities improve
social skills
It’s a popular
toy almost every person played with as a child, but a local program
has proven Lego can also be a very beneficial therapy tool for
children who live with mental health issues.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Call for stronger alcohol warnings
Strong warning
labels should be placed on all beer, wine and spirits as part of a
plan to stop pregnant mothers from drinking, MPs say.
Ulster Star
(Northern Ireland) - Foetus image on charity
billboard branded
‘insensitive’
A billboard
campaign launched by a Lisburn-based charity to discourage pregnant
women from consuming alcohol has been branded ‘insensitive’.
ASCERT (Northern
Ireland) - FASD Campaign launched to address drinking during
pregnancy
ASCERT has
launched a campaign to address the risks caused to unborn babies
because of alcohol use during pregnancy.
Canada NewsWire
(Canada) - CCSA Report Calls for Greater Attention to Issues of
Substance Use during Pregnancy
Today, at its
biennial Issues of Substance conference, the Canadian Centre on
Substance Abuse (CCSA) released the 2013 Substance Abuse in Canada
report, Licit and Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy: Maternal,
Neonatal and Early Childhood Consequences.
AllAfrica.com -
Uganda: A Trouble-Free Pregnancy
Uganda is a
country with one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates
in the world. Whenever a mother or a baby dies during pregnancy or
labour, most people normally blame the health worker or health
facility for the fatality.
Coeur d'Alene
Press - FAS and critical thinking
Recently, I
assigned the students in my psychology class to think critically, not
cynically. To question everything written or heard from friends,
media and particularly from me. I asked the class to scientifically
examine what is real, hearsay, wives-tales and preconceived notions
of what one might believe to be fact.
CityNews -
Pregnant women who do drugs need doctor’s compassion: report
Seeing a pregnant
women smoking a cigarette, imbibing a glass of wine or using drugs is
sure to raise a societal eyebrow. But a new report says women with
substance abuse problems should be treated with compassion by health
providers and society at large, especially during pregnancy, because
addiction is a brain disorder and not a personal failing.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Canadian Centre on
Substance Abuse (Canada) - Licit and Illicit Drug Use during
Pregnancy: Maternal, Neonatal and Early Childhood Consequences
Every two years,
the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) produces a new report
in the Substance Abuse in Canada series, with each edition shedding
much-needed light on an important drug- and alcohol-related issue.
NOFAS - Jasmine
Suarez-O'Connor 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.
mencap - The
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder toolkit for Gps
Foetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term for a range of effects
that can occur to an individual who was exposed to alcohol before
they were born.
RESEARCH
International
Journal of Epidemiology - Prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring
cognition and school performance. A ‘Mendelian randomization’
natural experiment
Better offspring
cognitive/educational outcomes observed in association with prenatal
alcohol exposure presumably reflected residual confounding by factors
associated with social position and maternal education.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Dziennik Bałtycki
(Poland) - Alkohol w ciąży szkodzi dziecku ROZMOWA
Z dr Krzysztofem
Liszczem, psychiatrą, terapeutą, szkoleniowcem, autorem książki
"Dziecko z FAS w domu i w szkole" rozmawia Jolanta
Gromadzka-Anzelewicz.
Hartvannederland.nl
(Netherlands) - Actie tegen alcohol tijdens zwangerschap
Verslavingsinstellingen
in Nederland maken zich ernstig zorgen om vrouwen die tijdens hun
zwangerschap alcohol drinken. Veel vrouwen zouden wel weten dat
alcohol slecht is, maar weten ze niet dat een paar glazen al
blijvende schade kan veroorzaken bij het ongeboren kind. De tien
grootste verslavingsinstellingen komen daarom gezamenlijk in actie.
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