NEWS and ARTICLES
CBC Toronto (Canada) - Alcohol And
Pregnancy
Matt Galloway
spoke about an ad campaign on downtown streets, with Gal Koren. He is
the president of FASworld Toronto . The ad campaign is spreading
awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Standard Digital
(Kenya) - Pregnancy and alcohol don’t mix
Have you ever seen
a pregnant woman drinking a certain brand of alcohol. Not in the
hidden but openly? I have. And the person who was proudly refilling
her glass was her husband.
Nanaimo Daily News
(Canada) - Signs warn of risk in mixing booze, pregnancy
Nanaimo's
liquor-service sector will soon be required to warn patrons about the
dangers of mixing alcohol with pregnancy. Nanaimo city council is set
to approve a new bylaw mandating liquor-licensed establishments to
post warning signs about drinking while pregnant. Restaurants, pubs
and liquor stores will have until January to put up the new signage
or owners could the risk of facing a $100 fine.
Brandon Sun (USA)
- Campaign targets drinking, pregnancy
THE North Point
Douglas Women's Centre is trying to get the message out to expectant
mothers about the dangers of FASD, one poster at a time.
Adelaide Now
(Australia) - Foetal alcohol syndrome linked to binge drinking by
mums
YOUNG women who
binge drink while pregnant are producing a new wave of school
children with learning difficulties, experts say.
Deccan Chronicle
(India) - Booze turns A womb killer
Here is a case
which should make parents who consume alcohol unmindful of the
effects it would have on their yet to be born progeny sit up and take
note. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is not something to be taken casually,
say docs.
West Virginia
Public Broadcasting (USA) - Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership
focuses on addicted babies
The Cabell County
Substance Abuse Partnership hosted its seventh annual summit recently
as it educates the public on the growing issues of substance abuse in
pregnant moms.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Peer support reinforces breast-feeding benefits
While the
percentage of women breastfeeding their babies continues to increase
across the country, a Lakehead University researcher says that's not
the case with Aboriginal women.
Oregon.gov (USA) -
Alcohol Use by Pregnant Women
Fetal alcohol
syndrome usually results from alcohol exposure at 3-8 weeks
gestation. Because of this many women may be drinking while they are
unaware that they are pregnant. As a result, reported alcohol use
just before pregnancy may be the most accurate measure of use in
early pregnancy.
UPCOMING EVENTS
First International Conference on
Prevention of FASD - September 23 - 25, 2013
This is the first
international conference to address the primary, secondary and
tertiary prevention of FASD.
FASD: Best Practices in the Last
Frontier – May 22-24 2013
The Arctic FASD
Regional Training Center and the UAA Center for Behavioral Health
Research and Services invites you to attend the 2013 conference on
FASDs – FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Human Relations
Media - DRUGS, ALCOHOL & PREGNANCY
One out of ten
babies in the U.S. has been exposed to drugs like cocaine and alcohol
in the womb. The results are often tragic: undersized, unresponsive
babies with nerve damage, seizures, deformities, impaired motor
skills and (as they grow older) behavior and learning disabilities.
VancouverSunOnline
- What are the Effects of Alcohol on Pregnancy?
Alcohol is a toxin
and its effects on your baby if you drink to excess are well
documented. Dr. Karen Buhler, family physician, discusses the effects
of alcohol on pregnancy.
docstoc - Read
the history of FASD - Alcohol and Pregnancy and Fetal
Gov.ma – Girls,
Women and Alcohol: Making informed Choices
This resource was
written by women for women to give you useful information about
alcohol and help you make healthy and well-informed choices about
your alcohol use. It is not designed to make women stop drinking
alcohol.
New website –
KnowFASD
SAMSHA -
Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) In Women’s
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
SAMSHA -
Integrating Sustainable Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Services in Your Existing Service Setting
RESEARCH
PLOS - Cost of
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in Canada
As a result of
using the most conservative approach, the cost of FASD diagnostic
services presented in the current study is most likely
underestimated. The reasons for this likelihood and the limitations
of the study are discussed.
PubMed - Alcohol
use in pregnancy: insights in screening and intervention for the
clinician
Alcohol
consumption during pregnancy remains a common occurrence and is
associated with a multitude of adverse birth and long-term outcomes.
Binge drinking in particular is shown to be particularly harmful to
the developing fetus. Effects include full fetal alcohol syndrome,
with characteristic facial dysmorphology, growth restriction, and
developmental to delays.
Alcoholism -
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Correlates of Saccadic Reaction Time in
Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Eye movement tasks
provide a simple method for inferring structural or functional brain
deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders. Oculomotor control is
impaired in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), yet
the neuroanatomical substrates underlying this are not known.
Alcoholism -
Comments and Reflections on Ethics in Screening for Biomarkers of
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Early
identification of and intervention for fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder (FASD) has been shown to optimize outcomes for affected
individuals. Detecting biomarkers of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE)
in neonates may assist in the identification of children at risk of
FASD enabling targeted early interventions.
PNAS -
Understanding variability in ethanol teratogenicity
Ethanol is the
most widely used psychoactive drug and, when used inappropriately,
can have deleterious effects. The developing fetus is particularly
sensitive to the deleterious effects of ethanol.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Tribuna (Romania)
- Consecinţele consumului de droguri asupra fătului şi
nou–născutului
Abuzul de droguri
reprezintă o problemă de sănătate publică şi nu una legală şi
este, în conformitate cu afirmaţiile American Committee of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ACOG, 1984) unul din riscurile majore ale
obstetricii contemporane atât pentru mamă cât şi pentru făt.
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