Courier Mail -
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) caused by drinking
alcohol while pregnant has devastating effect on children
EVERY day Jazpa
Pinnell must relearn how to get dressed for school. Step-by-step, one
instruction at a time, the 10-year-old is guided by his aunt, Sam
Pinnell.
Independent Online
(South Africa) - Partnership trains youth to fight foetal alcohol
disorder
The provincial
department of Social Development has launched a new youth development
initiative using the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) to boost
the fight against Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in the West
Coast area.
Buzz.ie (Ireland)
- Ireland in top five countries for alcohol related birth problems
It has been
revealed that Ireland is in the top five countries in Europe for
alcohol related birth defects.
The Independent
(UK) - One in 13 women who consume alcohol while expecting will go
on to have a child with FASD
British mums-to-be
are among the most likely in the world to drink during pregnancy and
harm their unborn baby as a result, new research finds.
CTV News -
Increased suicide risk for moms of children with fetal alcohol
syndrome, study finds
Women who give
birth to children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are at
an increased risk of attempting suicide and dying by suicide, a
University of Manitoba study has found.
Herald live (South
Africa) - SA has 14 times global average of foetal alcohol
disorders
South Africa has
the highest prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in
the world – more than 14 times the global average.
Huffington Post
Canada - More Women Than We Thought Have Babies With Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
Drinking while
pregnant could be doing more harm than anyone has previously
believed. According to Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH), one in every 13 women who consumes alcohol while
expecting will have a baby born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD).
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Research underway in Yukon to develop quick FASD screening
A research project
underway in Whitehorse could lead to much earlier detection of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder in people at risk of getting in trouble
with the law.
The Star, Kenya -
Why prenatal alcohol exposure leads to addiction
Prenatal alcohol
exposure is known as one of the leading preventable causes of birth
defects, neurodevelopment abnormalities and can also leads to an
increased addiction risk later in life.
Connaught
Telegraph (Ireland) - Women urged to stay off alcohol during
pregnancy
ALCOHOL and
pregnancy just don’t mix is the message to mark the International
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day which takes
place on Saturday, September 9.
Medscape -
Antipsychotics Overused in Intellectually Disabled Adults
Antipsychotics are
commonly prescribed to adults with intellectual and developmental
disabilities (IDDs), frequently in the absence of a documented
psychiatric diagnosis.
Radio Kenai - Art
Gives A Voice To FASD And Brain Injury In Alaska
Saturday,
September 9th, families and individuals affected by Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) are coming together to raise awareness of
FASDs in Alaska with a mask making event at the Anchorage Public
Library.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
The Resource
Basket - Understanding and Supporting Youth with FASD
Gain an
understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and associated
behaviors in youth. Learn practical methods for supporting youth with
FASD and creating an inclusive environment. Find out what tools and
resources are available for Alaskans.
AlcoholFreePregnancy
- NOFAS Webinar: FASD Awareness Month - Media Outreach and
Spokesperson Training
The NOFAS
communications team presents an overview of the NOFAS traditional
media outreach and social media plans for FASD Awareness Month,
including opportunities for advocates to join NOFAS activities and to
prepare and issue their own media pitch and press release.
NCJTC - Reducing
Recidivism: Improving Supervision Outcomes for FASD Probationers
Research suggests
that as many as 60% of adolescents and adults with Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Disorder (FASD) come into contact with the criminal justice
system.
Het Witte Bos -
FAS2025: Isiah’s remembrance of his hilarious and sweet
grandmother
Isiah was raised
by his grandmother. He has good memories of her: “Grandma was
hilarious. She was really sweet”. Once in a while his grandmother
took him to the amusement park or the camping site. At the camping
site he could play and go for a ride on the skelter.
Het Witte Bos -
FAS2025: Singing enables Lorenzo to express his feelings
Lorenzo enjoys
dressing up with his girlfriends and to dance around in the most
beautiful dresses. It's no surprise he is a champion in being
beautiful and kind.
RESEARCH
Maastricht
University - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
This report describes current knowledge and gaps in knowledge regarding FASD in the Netherland.
The steps of Intervention Mapping (IM)
are used as a
framework for analyzing this situation.
Laurentian
University - Knowledge of the effects of gestational alcohol
consumption and FASD in an Ontarian sample
The current
document is a two-paper manuscript-based thesis investigating what
women in...
University of the
Western Cape - Analysing the spontaneous speech of children with
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Foetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a global problem that affects various
communities. FASD denotes a pattern of abnormalities intermittently
seen in children born to women who consume huge quantities of alcohol
during pregnancy (Church & Kaltenbach, 1997).
CMAJ open -
Suicide and suicide attempts among women in the Manitoba Mothers
and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder cohort: a retrospective matched
analysis using linked administrative data.
The objective of
this study was to compare rates of suicide between women who had
given birth to children with FASD and women who had not given birth
to children with FASD during critical periods in their lives,
including before pregnancy, during pregnancy, during the postpartum
period (maternal death) and until the end of the study period.
Alcohol -
Challenges of Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in
Foster and Adopted Children
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD) might be 10–15 times more prevalent among
foster/adopted children compared to the general population; however,
many of these children remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.
Biochemistry and
Cell Biology - Global Prevalence of Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking
During Pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
The current paper
presents recent estimates of the prevalence of: i) any amount of
alcohol use during pregnancy, ii) one or more binge drinking
episode(s) (four or more standard drinks on a single occasion) during
pregnancy, iii) FAS, and iv) FASD among the general population
globally and by World Health Organization region.
University of
Twente - FAScinating Research : a qualitative interview study
focusing the situation of foster parents raising children with FASD
Under the term
fetal alcoholic spectrum disorder (FASD) several forms of mental
disabilities are summarized, characterized by cognitive and
behavioural difficulties due to an intoxication with alcohol during
pregnancy.
Journal of
Pediatric Health Care - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: What
Pediatric Providers Need to Know
Prenatal alcohol
exposure is the cause of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs),
the prevalence of which is similar to that of other developmental
disabilities like Down syndrome and autism.
JAMA Pediatr. -
Global Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Among
Children and Youth
In this
meta-analysis of 24 unique studies and 1416 unique children and youth
with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, approximately 8 of 1000 in the
general population had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and 1 of
every 13 pregnant women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy
delivered a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
JAMA pediatrics -
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder—High Rates, High Needs, High
Time for Action
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is a common condition that affects a
substantial number of children, adolescents, and adults. Individuals
can manifest FASD in a variety of ways, with many comorbidities.
Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada - No. 245-Alcohol Use and
Pregnancy Consensus Clinical Guidelines
To establish
national standards of care for the screening and recording of alcohol
use and counselling on alcohol use of women of child-bearing age and
pregnant women based on the most up-to-date evidence.
Neuroscience &
Biobehavioral Reviews - Maternal substance use during pregnancy
and offspring conduct problems: a meta-analysis
We conducted
meta-analyses of relationships between highly prevalent substance use
during pregnancy and offspring conduct disorder problems. In total 36
studies were included.
BMJ Journals -
Alcohol consumption in a general antenatal population and child
neurodevelopment at 2 years
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) is a community health problem with up to 50% of
pregnant women drinking alcohol. The relationship between low or
sporadic binge PAE and adverse child outcomes is not clear.
Alcoholism -
Tailoring an alcohol intervention for AIAN women of childbearing
age: listening to the community
Reduction of risky
drinking in women of childbearing age is one strategy that may be
employed to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a sequela of
prenatal alcohol-exposure.
Reproductive
Toxicology - Skeletal examination in a chick embryo model of fetal
alcohol syndrome indicates impaired osteogenesis
Pediatr Res -
Genetic predisposition to fetal alcohol syndrome: association with
congenital disorders of N-glycosylation.
Our study supports
that rare variants of genes involved in N-glycosylation could play a
role in the development and severity of FAS under prenatal alcohol
exposure.
Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Sex differences in associations between white matter
microstructure and gonadal hormones in children and adolescents with
prenatal alcohol exposure
Despite
accumulating evidence from animal models demonstrating that prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE) results in life-long neuroendocrine
dysregulation, very little is known on this topic among humans with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Kehitysvammaliitto
(Finland) - HAUSKAA ILMAN PROMILLEJA – KANSAINVÄLINEN
FASD-PÄIVÄ 9.9.
Kansainvälinen
FASD-päivä 9.9. muistuttaa yhdeksän kuukauden raittiudesta
raskausaikana. Raskaana ollessa alkoholinkäytölle ei ole olemassa
turvarajaa, vaan ainoastaan täysraittius suojaa sikiötä.
Ecodiario (Spain)
- Un estudio estima el trastorno del espectro alcohólico fetal es
de 8 de cada mil en niños y jóvenes
El consumo de
alcohol durante el embarazo puede causar una amplia gama de efectos
adversos para la salud que pueden tener implicaciones para toda la
vida, por lo que el trastorno del espectro alcohólico fetal (FASD,
por sus siglas en inglés) es costoso para la sociedad.
Gazeta
Częstochowska (Poland) - ŚWIATOWY DZIEŃ FAS. KONFERENCJA
SZKOLENIOWA.
W ramach obchodów
Światowego Dnia FAS (alkoholowy zespół płodowy, z ang. fetal
alcohol syndrome, FAS), w piątek, 8 września w sali sesyjnej Urzędu
Miasta Częstochowy odbędzie się konferencja nt. „FASD –
Problem kliniczny i społeczny”.
Deutsches
Ärzteblatt (Germany) - Hohe Prävalenz des fetalen
Alkoholsyndroms in Europa
Eine von 13
Frauen, die während der Schwangerschaft Alkohol trinken, fügt ihrem
Kind einen lebenslangen Schaden zu.
FOCUS Online
(Germany) - „Ein Glas geht doch!?“ – Fachtag und Ausstellung
zum Thema Alko hol in der Schwangerschaft
Den Start ins
Leben beginnen in Deutschland jedes Jahr rund 10.000 Kinder quer
durch alle Gesellschaftsschichten mit einem bestimmten „Handicap“.
La Stampa (Italy)
- Alcol in gravidanza: i deficit che potrebbe causare nel feto
Le raccomandazioni
dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità non lasciano spazio a
trasgressioni: cessare del tutto di bere alcol in gravidanza (e anche
nella fase del concepimento) è il comportamento più sicuro da
seguire.
Kehitysvammaliitto
(Finland) - ARKEA ALKOHOLIVAURIOIDEN KANSSA
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