Clare County Council is set to write to the Government to request that Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is officially recognised as a disability.
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MotherToBaby (USA) - MotherToBaby Launches Pregnancy
Interactive Tool, FASD Podcast Series, Webinar to Highlight Birth Defects
Awareness Month
With 1 in 33 U.S. babies affected by birth defects each year, MotherToBaby,
in partnership with the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN), is
kicking off National Birth Defects Awareness Month by unveiling a new digital
pregnancy tool as well as a special podcast series that offers listeners
continuing education credits.
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Boston University - Podcast Proves Effective in Educating
on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
New research indicates that tuning into an educational podcast prepares
healthcare providers to better screen and educate their patients on the risks
of alcohol use during pregnancy.
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CPD Online College (UK) - Case Study: Personal Stories of
Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
t’s estimated that 3.2% of babies born in the UK are affected by Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome. A University of Salford study found that 1.8–3.6% of children
assessed may have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which could mean that
1.2–2.4 million people in the UK may have had FASD in 2020.
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FASD United (USA) - FASD United on Government Advisory on
Alcohol and Cancer Risk and Proposed Updates to Alcohol Warning Label
FASD United is encouraged by the U.S. Surgeon General’s continued efforts
to address the public health impacts of alcohol, culminating in a
much-publicized new advisory on alcohol’s links to various forms of cancer.
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FASD United - FASD United Recognizes January as National
Birth Defects Awareness Month and Partners on Podcast Series
As we welcome the start of 2025, FASD United recognizes National Birth
Defects Awareness Month as an opportunity to support and empower the FASD
community, build connections within the larger disability community, and
rethink how we see and talk about people with FASD, disabilities, and birth
defects.
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
FASD Awareness - Ask The Expert" with Maggie May - FASD Webinar #32
In this month's webinar, host Andrew Keeping will be taking your questions
for the award-winning Maggie May. Maggie May is a young woman with FASD who has
become one of the world's leading advocates for FASD.
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FASD United (formerly NOFAS) - Glimpses of FASD - Meet
Carl
FASD United is excited to launch “Glimpses of FASD,” an exciting new short
video initiative featuring individuals living with FASD sharing their own
stories in their own words. The videos are a great way for people to learn more
about FASDs and what it’s like to live with them in just a few minutes.
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Health Nexus Santé - Creating a Circle of Care for Your
Loved One with FASD (Part 3 of the Lifetime Planning Series)
Discover how personal support networks can transform lives by fostering
connection, collaboration, and community. In this insightful presentation,
Rebecca Pauls from PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network) shares practical
strategies for creating sustainable support systems that empower individuals
with disabilities and their families.
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FASD United (formerly NOFAS) - FASD Communications - FASD
United Webinar
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MotherToBaby - ep. 82 - Public Health Efforts on FASD -
The MotherToBaby Podcast
In the second episode of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
special series, we explore the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
work addressing FASD and how scientific findings are helping shape prevention
efforts.
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Fitzgerald Health Education Associates - Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome findings
The PMHNP is evaluating a 4-year-old male patient who is presented to care
by his new adoptive parents. The patient has been in a variety of foster homes
since birth but is now finally in a stable adoptive home.
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MotherToBaby - ep. 81 - FASD Discovery and Prevalence -
The MotherToBaby Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones, one of the pioneers who first
identified Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the United States in
1973, and Dr. Christina Chambers, a renowned epidemiologist who has conducted
groundbreaking research on the prevalence of FASD, join host Chris Stallman,
CGC, to discuss the discovery of FASD, its common physical and cognitive
traits, and its prevalence today.
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Health Nexus Santé - Wills and Estate Planning for
Individuals with FASD (Part 2 of the Lifetime Planning Series)
Planning for the future of a loved one with FASD can be overwhelming. This
presentation, led by estate planning expert Natalie Sanna, provides practical
and essential guidance for families and caregivers.
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Connected Parenting Minute - What is FASD? An Interview
with Sandra Flach - S03 E09 (#30)
In this episode, hosts Will and CarrieAnn Standfest engage in a compelling
conversation with Sandra Flach. Together, they delve into the often
misunderstood world of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), shedding light
on this invisible disability that affects many children, especially those in
foster and adoptive families.
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Rural FASD Support Network - Lanark County Community
Justice with Samantha Snyder
Samantha from https://www.commjustice.org/ shares how they implement
restorative justice in Lanark County for people living with FASD. She also shares the amazing success they see
with this practice particularly with avoiding costly legal obligations, reduced
recidivism and strong approval ratings.
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MotherToBaby - Meet Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD!
Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD, a past president of the Organization of Teratology
Information Specialists (OTIS) and was one of the first two doctors to identify
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in 1973, reflects on his distinguished career,
involvement with OTIS and his passionate work surrounding FASD he continues to
do today.
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RESEARCH
Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo - Adoption and Spectrum of Feto-Alcoholic
Disorders (FASD): Challenges and Resources
Findings indicate that parental stress is negatively associated with
emotional well-being, partner support serves as a protective factor for
psychological well-being, and friend support for social well-being.
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Respiratory Research - Sexual dimorphism in lung
transcriptomic adaptations in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
We hypothesized that developmental alcohol exposure in pregnancy will lead
to sexually dimorphic fetal lung morphological and immune adaptations.
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Santa Cecilia University - FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (FAS):
THE NURSE AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE IN PREVENTION AND DIAGNOSIS - AN OVERVIEW STUDY
The objective of this study was to synthesize the existing data and
evidence on FAS and the role of nurses as agents of change in prevention and
diagnosis.
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Frontiers in Public Health - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Before Pregnancy Awareness: A Thematic analysis of online forum comments and
misinformation
This study explored discussions about alcohol consumption before pregnancy
awareness on Mumsnet to understand the nature of peer response and assess the
accuracy of information against official health guidelines and the scientific
literature.
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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - Associations
between Neighborhood Environment and Prenatal Alcohol and Tobacco Exposure
Neighborhood environments differ between prenatal alcohol exposed children
and unexposed children, as well as between prenatal tobacco exposed children
and unexposed children.
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British Journal of Health Psychology - Associations
between lifestyle and well-being in early and late pregnancy in women with
overweight or obesity: Secondary analyses of the PEARS RCT
Overall healthy lifestyle, physical activity, and especially sleep duration
and quality are associated with psychological well-being in pregnancy, and
should be promoted antenatally.
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American Family Physician - Psychosocial Interventions to
Reduce Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
Psychosocial interventions may increase the rate of sustained alcohol
cessation during pregnancy (number needed to treat [NNT] for one more patient
to stay continuously abstinent for 2–6 months = 6; 95% CI, 4–15).
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Journal of Women's Health - Maternal Chronic Physical
Conditions and Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in the Preconception and
Perinatal Periods
As people with both CPC and SUD have the highest risk of perinatal
SUD-related adversity, they may need greater preconception and perinatal
support.
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medRxiv - A prospective cohort study to assess if alcohol
intake measured by routine pregnancy self-report predicts developmental
concerns uncovered by routine health visitor screening of children at 30 months
of age
Explanation for this unexpected inverse relationship may relate to known
miss-representation of alcohol intake from maternal self-report (the risk) or
inaccurate assessment of offspring development at 30 months (the outcome).
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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Substance
Use and Use Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
This expert review offers obstetricians and gynecologists (OBGYNs) a
comprehensive overview of substance use during the prenatal and postpartum
periods.
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