Medical
Xpress (Australia) - Aboriginal women address high rates of Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome in remote Australia
One
in eight children born in 2002 or 2003 and living in remote Fitzroy
Valley communities in Western Australia have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
a landmark study has found.
Healio
- Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis missed in adopted children
Over
85% of foster and adopted youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
were not previously diagnosed or were misdiagnosed with behavioral
problems.
Daily
Mail (Australia) - Shocking rates of foetal alcohol syndrome
recorded by study in remote Aboriginal community
One
in eight children in remote communities of Western Australia are born
with permanent learning and physical disabilities due to their
mothers consuming alcohol while pregnant, a new study has found.
Juneau
Empire - The importance of getting an FASD diagnosis
Ric
Ianolino has worked with at-risk children and their families since
1968 in the Lower 48 and in Alaska. He served in roles as treatment
director for the Bethel Group Home and regional trainer for the
Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corporation until a ride-along with Juneau
Police Department Sgt. Ben Cornell changed his life.
Binghamton
Homepage (USA) - Group encourages mothers to take "PACT"
to prevent birth defects
Health
advocates are reminding pregnant women, and those who might become
pregnant, that there are some things they can do to help prevent
birth defects.
Kenai
Peninsula Online (USA) - School district implements training,
curriculum for FASD
The
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is continuing to expand and
evolve outreach for students diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders.
The
Australian (Australia) - Consigning fetal alcohol scourge to
history
DESPITE
searing heat, 15-year-old Tristan McCarthy is relaxed as he poses in
front of a boab tree in his home town of Fitzroy Crossing. He laughs
when an onlooker tells him how handsome he looks. “Just go and
behave!” he replies.
MATERIALS
and VIDEOS
IWK
Health Centre - Mothers' Mental Health Toolkit: A Resource for the
Community
The
Mothers’ Mental Health Toolkit was born out of a novel partnership
between the IWK Reproductive Mental Health Service and Family
Resource Centres. Mothers’ Mental Health matters to the development
of strong children and healthy communities.
Centre
for Research in Family Health - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD): A Canadian Study for Parents of Children Age 4 -12
Just
a friendly reminder that we are still recruiting families into our
Strongest Families FASD study. We are looking for families living in
Canada with children age 4-12 with an FASD diagnosis to participate
in our study.
ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE
FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER
(FASD): PRACTICE POINTS FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
To
give primary healthcare providers (PHCP) evidence-based
recommendations for supporting and managing the symptoms of FASD
after patients have received a diagnosis.
The
Regina Community Clinic - FASD Evening Routine
FASD Morning Routine
FASD Night Routine
FASD Day Routine
Mennonite
Central Committee Canada - Can't, Not Won't
A
Christian response to FASD.
RESEARCH
Pediatrics
- Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in foster and adopted children
with prenatal alcohol exposure
The
purpose of this article is to assess the rate of misdiagnosis and
missed diagnoses of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) among a
population of foster and adopted youth referred to a children’s
mental health center.
Human
Brain Mapping - A DTI-based tractography study of effects on brain
structure associated with prenatal alcohol exposure in newborns
Prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE) is known to have severe, long-term
consequences for brain and behavioral development already detectable
in infancy and childhood. Resulting features of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders include cognitive and behavioral effects, as well
as facial anomalies and growth deficits.
BMC
Pregnancy and Childbirth - Midwives' knowledge, attitudes and
practice about alcohol exposure and the risk of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder
Midwives
are an influential profession and a key group in informing women
about alcohol consumption in pregnancy and its consequences.
IN
OTHER LANGUAGES
RTV
Slovenija (Slovenia) - Vsaka merica alkohola pomeni tveganje za
otroka
Podatki
kažejo, da poraba alkohola pri mladih ženskah narašča. Gre za
ženske v rodni dobi, ki se, kot opozarjajo strokovnjaki, premalo
zavedajo škodljivih posledic pitja ne le med nosečnostjo, temveč
tudi že v času načrtovanja. Že majhna količina alkohola lahko
povzroči trajne posledice.
RTF.1
Regionalfernsehen – Nachrichten (Germany) - Alkohol in der
Schwangerschaft - Ausmaß schwerer Schädigungen von Kindern wird
drastisch unterschätzt
Das
Ausmaß schwerer Schädigungen von Kindern durch den Alkoholkonsum
von Frauen während der Schwangerschaft wird offenbar noch drastisch
unterschätzt.
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