NEWS and ARTICLES
BBC (UK) - Oxford trust publishes
alcohol-related foetus disorder guidelines
A charity has
published recommendations for medical staff to tackle a foetal
disorder caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Hibbing Daily Tribune (USA) - County
program helps fight fetal alcohol syndrome
A St. Louis County
program that assists pregnant women addicted to alcohol or other
drugs received some national attention this winter.
Alberta Daily
Herald Tribune (Canada) - New mobile clinic for Grande Prairie
FASD
Those dealing
with, or who have a child dealing with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder (FASD) now have better access to services with the addition
of a mobile program offered by the North West FASD Service Network.
Science Network
(Australia) - Population based study provides new alcohol and
pregnancy data
BOTH Indigenous
and non-Indigenous children of mothers with an alcohol-use disorder
have the same risk of intellectual disability, a Curtin University
study has found.
ABC (Australia) -
Drinking during pregnancy affecting development in Gippsland's
Indigenous children
The negative
effects of alcohol consumption during pregnancy are showing up in
Indigenous children in Gippsland says Michael Moyle, one of the
speakers at a recent Indigenous Health Forum in Inverloch. He was
speaking about his experience with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
or FASD.
Mother Nature
Network - Light drinking while pregnant could lower baby's IQ
Bad news for
moms-to-be: Drinking even a few alcoholic beverages per week during
pregnancy could lower a baby's IQ by a few points, a new study has
found.
UPCOMING
University of
Alaska - FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier
The Arctic FASD
Regional Training Center and the University of Alaska Anchorage
Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services invite you to
attend the 2013 conference on FASDs: FASD: Best Practices in the Last
Frontier.
CAPHC - A Novel
Screening Test for the Behavioral Phenotype of FASD
The NST is a
simple pen and paper questionnaire, which is based on 10 individual
items representing common areas of parent reported behavioural
concerns in children with FASD. It is intended to be used as a brief
screening instrument as part of a diagnostic interview conducted by a
psychologist, in a variety of settings. Join us For a Webinar on
April 19, 1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Girls Action
Foundation - GIRLS ACTION ON GIRLS AND HEALTHY LIVING
(Infographic)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Social
Marketing Campaign
RESEARCH
PLOS - Violence
against People with Disability in England and Wales: Findings from a
National Cross-Sectional Survey
The recent World
Report on Disability highlighted violence as a leading cause of
morbidity among disabled people. However, we know little about the
extent to which people with disability experience different violence
types, and associated health/economic costs. The recent introduction
of disability measures into the England&Wales victimization
survey provided an opportunity to address this gap.
PLOS - Alcohol
Production as an Adaptive Livelihood Strategy for Women Farmers in
Tanzania and Its Potential for Unintended Consequences on Women’s
Reproductive Health
Although women
occupy a central position in agriculture in many developing
countries, they face numerous constraints to achieving their full
potential including unequal access to assets and limited
decision-making authority.
Alcoholism -
Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Delays the Onset of Spermatogenesis in
the Rat
During late
prenatal and early postnatal life, the reproductive system in males
undergoes an extensive series of physiological and morphological
changes.
Maternal and Child
Health Journal - Prevalence and Correlates of Drinking in Early
Pregnancy Among Women who Stopped Drinking on Pregnancy Recognition
Women most at risk
for drinking and binge drinking in early pregnancy were younger in
age and exhibited risky drinking behaviour prior to pregnancy. A
targeted intervention to reduce the risk for an alcohol exposed
pregnancy is warranted for sexually active younger women in New
Zealand and elsewhere.
