NEWS and ARTICLES
CBC.ca (Canada) - P.E.I. study shows
surprising fetal alcohol disorder numbers
A new study gives
Prince Edward Island health-care workers an indication of how many
Island women may be drinking heavily during pregnancy. For one year,
health officials collected a sample from the first bowel movement of
nearly every baby born on P.E.I.
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Space Interactive (Australia) - A modified Delphi study of
screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia
There is little
reliable information on the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASD) in Australia and no coordinated national approach to
facilitate case detection. The aim of this study was to identify
health professionals'perceptions about screening for FASD in
Australia.MethodA modified Delphi process was used to assess
perceptions of the need for, and the process of, screening for FASD
in Australia.
ABC Kimberley
(Australia) - Lack of information and support for FASD foster
carers
A new study
through the Telethon Institute for Child and Health Research looks
into the experience of foster carers looking after children with
FASD.
Daily Republic
(USA) - Johnson reintroduces fetal alcohol spectrum disorders bill
Sen. Tim Johnson
was one of three senators who reintroduced the Advancing FASD
Research, Prevention, and Services Act to improve research,
prevention, and services for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
MATERIALS and VIDEOS
UCAdoption - Adopting a Child with
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Are you
considering adopting a child living with FAS? This video created by
the University of Chicago Adoption Center helps you to better
understand the disease and answers questions often asked by
prospective parents.
Whirlwind of Life FASD
NeuroDevNet
- Public Forum on FASD: How Much is Too Much
Telethon Institute
(Australia) - New FASD report
Our researchers
have completed a review of current resources aimed at helping parents
and carers of people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in
Australia.
RESEARCH
Annals
of Family Medicine - Clinician Suspicion of an Alcohol
Problem: An Observational Study From the AAFP National Research
Network
Clinician
suspicion of alcohol problems had poor sensitivity but high
specificity for identifying patients who had a positive screening
test for alcohol problems. These data support the routine use of a
screening tool to supplement clinicians’ suspicions, which already
provide reasonable positive predictive value.
Substance Abuse
Treatment, prevention and Policy - Changes in alcohol use and
relationship satisfaction in Norwegian couples during pregnancy
Numerous studies
have documented a profound reduction in alcohol use among pregnant
women, whereas research on expectant fathers has been scarce.
The Journal of
Neuroscience - Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Reduces
Plasticity and Alters NMDA Receptor Subunit Composition in the
Dentate Gyrus
Using a limited
access, voluntary consumption paradigm, we recently demonstrated that
moderate prenatal alcohol exposure (MPAE) is associated with dentate
gyrus-dependent learning and memory deficits that are manifested in
adulthood.
Andrologia -
Effect of alcohol intake and cigarette smoking on sperm parameters
and pregnancy
Much has been
published about smoking and alcohol intake influencing male
fertility, sperm parameters and reproductive outcome. However, there
is no conclusive agreement about the effects of cigarette smoking and
alcohol use on these outcomes and thus no generally accepted
guidelines.
BMC Pregnancy
Childbirth - Behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in
early pregnancy and impact on perinatal outcomes - a prospective
cohort study
There has been
limited research addressing whether behavioural change in relation to
alcohol exposure in pregnancy results in better perinatal outcomes.
Drug Alcohol Rev -
Maternal factors associated with heavy periconceptional alcohol
intake and drinking following pregnancy recognition: A post-partum
survey of New Zealand women
To reduce the
burden of alcohol-related harm to the foetus, these findings suggest
that New Zealand alcohol policy should be focused not only on
promoting total abstinence when planning a pregnancy and when
pregnant, but also on reducing 'binge drinking' culture and the
frequent consumption of lower levels of alcohol.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Boyens Zeitungen
(Germany) - Boyens Zeitungen
Nebenan klärten
Petra Jasper und Annika Thomsen vom FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder) über die Folgen von Alkoholkonsum während der
Schwangerschaft auf und lieferten schockierende Zahlen: "Weniger
als zehn Prozent der Schwangeren sind abstinent."
Głos Wielkopolski
(Poland) - Stowarzyszenie chciało pomóc dzieciom, ale urzędnicy
z UMWW odrzucili ofertę
40 dzieci,
niepełnosprawnych i z rodzin dotkniętych uzależnieniami, miało
wziąć udział w przedświątecznych zajęciach terapeutycznych w
Poznaniu.
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