NEWS and ARTICLES
News Talk 980 CJME (Canada) - Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder experts meet in Saskatoon
Experts
specializing in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have gathered
in Saskatoon to discuss how to better prevent Canadian women from
drinking during pregnancy.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy could be found guilty of
a criminal offence if they damage unborn child
Women who harm
their unborn babies by drinking alcohol during pregnancy could be
found guilty of a criminal offence, it has been revealed. A new legal
test case claims a six-year-old girl who suffered brain damage due to
alcohol exposure in the womb is the victim of a crime.
Guardian Liberty
Voice - Pregnancy and One Alcohol Binge Causes Serious Harm
According to a
Danish study, one alcohol binge during pregnancy can cause serious
harm to the unborn baby. Expecting mothers who drank more than 7.5
units per session are more likely to have badly behaved children.
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Binge drinkers continue practice in
pregnancy, study finds
More than half of
women who binge drink continue to do so during pregnancy, an
Australian study has found, with fewer than one in five following
guidelines to abstain from alcohol.
Brainerd Daily
Dispatch - New prevention strategy for prenatal exposure to
alcohol
A
first-of-its-kind prevention strategy for prenatal exposure to
alcohol is ready to be unveiled in the Brainerd lakes area. All
that’s needed is a mom-to-be willing to take part.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Pregnant women simply don't have 'a right' to booze
How do you feel
when you see a pregnant woman glugging a large glass of white? Do you
even bat an eyelid? Or does a part of you judge her just the tiniest
bit?
SAMHSA (USA) -
Survey finds ongoing concerns with alcohol use during pregnancy -
January 2014
A recent survey by
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) found ongoing concerns about the number of women who drink
alcohol during pregnancy. According to SAMHSA’s National Survey on
Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) for 2011-12, 18 percent of pregnant women
age 15 to 44 reported at least some consumption of alcohol during
their first trimester, a time when many women may not yet know they
are pregnant.
Mail and Guardian
(South Africa) - How to wean moms off the bottle
'Every time he
struggles with his school work I blame myself as a mother," says
Geraldine Niemand, fiddling uncomfortably with the armband on her
wrist and shaking her head in regret. She stares out of the window at
a group of children playing on the lawn.
Daily
Mail - Drinking during pregnancy 'worse than smoking
tobacco or cannabis' and 7,000 babies a year are harmed, warn senior
medics
Drinking during
pregnancy causes more harm to the unborn child than tobacco smoke or
cannabis, according to senior doctors.
The Telegraph - I
drank alcohol throughout my three pregnancies, but should I have
done?
As new research
show more babies are born damaged because their mothers drank during
pregnancy, Beverley Turner candidly explains why women with bumps are
glugging more wine than ever before and confronts some awkward
truths.
Newsminer - Group
of lawmakers fighting fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal alcohol
syndrome is a damaging, costly and ultimately preventable disorder
that affects hundreds of babies a year. It’s also in the crosshairs
of a new public health campaign.
RESEARCH
PLOS
- Risky Drinking Patterns Are Being Continued into
Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study
Over a third of
women continued risky drinking into pregnancy, especially binge
drinking, suggesting a need to address alcohol consumption prior to
pregnancy.
NBER Working paper
series - ALCOHOL EXPOSURE IN UTERO AND CHILD ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
These results are
very robust to an extensive set of model specifications. In addition,
we show that that the effects are solely driven by the maternal
genotype, with no impact of the child’s genotype.
BMC Public Health
- Messages that increase women’s intentions to abstain from
alcohol during pregnancy: results from quantitative testing of
advertising concepts
This study
provides important insights into the components that enhance the
persuasiveness and effectiveness of messages aimed at preventing
prenatal alcohol exposure. The recommended concept has good potential
for use in a future campaign aimed at promoting women’s intentions
to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy.
University of
Toronto - Screening for Prenatal Alcohol Exposure using Fatty Acid
Ethyl Esters as Biomarkers
Diagnosis of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is challenging and typically
requires confirmation of in utero alcohol exposure. Due to the poor
reliability of maternal self-reports, biomarkers have emerged to
address the problem of obtaining exposure history.
The International
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research - Combining visual methods
with focus groups: An innovative approach for capturing the
multifaceted and complex work experiences of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder prevention specialists
A multi-methods
approach (focus groups with a quilting activity) provided an
appropriate and trustworthy means of accessing the prevention
specialists’ programmatic experience; that experience has the
strong potential for informing future FASD policy, strategic
planning, and programming.
Current opinion in
Psychiatry - Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder: identifying the
neurobehavioural phenotype and effective interventions
The
neurobehavioural screening test can facilitate screening for FASD and
is an official screening tool in the FASD toolkit of the Public
Health Agency of Canada. Promising new interventions may attenuate
the long-term outcome of these children.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The 6th National Biennial Conference
on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
The conference
will bring together a diverse group of professionals, families and
individuals with FASD to discuss research, evidence, model practice
and ideas to expand how we sustain and enhance the lives of
individuals with FASD.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
CenturaHealth -
Exploring Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with Jeff Noble
On this Adoption
Perspectives, Rebecca welcomes Jeff Noble. Jeff provides hope and
education to people caring for someone living with Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) through online applications and in-person
training sessions, demonstrations and consultations.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Prevention PSA
The health of an
unborn child is of top concern to women while pregnant. An estimated
40,000 babies are born each year with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASD), which can affect their physical, mental, behavioral
and cognitive development for a lifetime.
YourAlberta -
Corrections to Community
Dr. Sharon
Britnell reviews the bridge between correction and community settings
for individuals with FASD and gives recommendations for future
practice.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
West - Welfare
Society Territory (Italy) - Bere in gravidanza potrebbe diventare
un reato
È perseguibile
penalmente una donna incinta, che consuma tanto alcool da causare
danni al nascituro? Un dibattito che sta coinvolgendo media e
opinione pubblica britannici, in seguito alla controversia legale di
cui è protagonista una giovane madre.
Le Quotidien du
Médecin (France) - Des distributeurs automatiques de tests de
grossesse bientôt installés dans les pubs anglais
Une association
britannique veut proposer des tests de grossesse dans les toilettes
des bars afin de lutter contre les troubles causés par
l’alcoolisation fœtale (TCAF).
Mamme Domani
(Italy) - Una donna in gravidanza che beve alcol potrebbe essere
una criminale
Una donna incinta
che beve alcol potrebbe commettere un reato: la questione è emersa
dopo il caso riconosciuto di una bambina di 6 anni che ha subìto
danni cerebrali a causa dell’esposizione all'alcol nel grembo
materno, il caso è stato portato ora davanti alla Corte d’Appello
inglese.
