Scoop (New
Zealand) - New Mandatory Labelling Rules For Alcohol Protect Kiwi Kids
New Zealand will be moving to mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol
products, Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.
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ABC News
(Australia) - Pregnancy warnings on alcoholic beverages will now be
mandatory
Multi-coloured pregnancy warnings on alcoholic beverages will be mandatory
in Australia after the Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation accepted new
standards proposed by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand.
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Country94
(Canada) - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Campaign Launched
You may have noticed posts on social media about the dangers of
alcohol-exposed pregnancy. The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Research Network recently launched their national 8-week awareness campaign.
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Study Finds (UK)
- Alarming survey: 1 in 4 young adults don’t know women shouldn’t drink
while pregnant
There are many risks that go along with drinking alcohol. For a pregnant
woman, those risks can be especially harmful for their unborn child. Despite
the dangers, an unnerving survey finds a quarter of young adults are unaware of
the threat alcohol poses for a fetus.
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Science Blog - Choline
supplements in young children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder have lasting
cognitive benefiits
NIAAA-funded scientists report that early life dietary choline supplements
improve some of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms associated with fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) four years after treatment ended.
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Human Rights
Campaign - On the 30th Anniversary of the ADA, Listen To Us
Living as a trans man as well as with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has been
difficult, to say the least. FAS is an invisible disability. People expect me
to respond and handle things faster then my brain will allow.
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Telethon Kids
Institute (Australia) - Alcohol industry lobbying puts babies at risk
Telethon Kids Institute researchers have urged Australia’s Food Safety
Ministers to hold their nerve and resist alcohol industry efforts to water down
health labels that will protect Australian babies from the lifelong effects of
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
CanFASD - Loss, Grief, and FASD
This panel discussion dives into the topics of loss, grief, and resilience
in relation to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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1 News - BOTTLED
SHAME
Every year up to 3000 Kiwi babies are born with foetal alcohol spectrum
disorder (FASD). It's permanent brain
damage caused by alcohol exposure in the womb.
Although FASD causes serious learning, social and emotional problems,
there is no government funding to support those living with it.
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Brendan Preston
Production - Voices: FASD & Housing in Yukon
The film focused on several individuals with FASD and their struggles in
the context of finding and maintaining housing in the Yukon. The finished film
was presented at a national symposium being hosted here in Whitehorse, which
was attended by Social Workers, policy makers and NGO’s, and the feedback was
incredible.
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Deep Blue Digital
- Metabolic disorders - Fetal alcohol syndrome
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NAMI Piedmont
Tri-County - Eileen Devine LCSW
Do you wonder why your child seems harder to parent than your friend's or
family's children? Do you find yourself thinking "it doesn't matter what I
do, even parenting my other children the same way, this child seems more
unpredictable or harder to manage than others their same age"?
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RESEARCH
The Lancet - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: preventing collateral damage
from COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, slowing the spread of the disease and caring for
people whose survival and health are jeopardised have rightly been prioritised.
Now, attention is increasingly being focused on the unwelcome consequences of
COVID-19 for individuals, families, communities, and society.
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Ursinus College -
Altered Axon Guidance in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Review
The objective is to determine whether FASD alters mechanisms and pathways
associated to axon guidance in various key regions of the brain that cause
cognitive and behavioral deficits.
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Sleep Medicine - Parent-reported
sleep problems in school-aged children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder:
Association with child behaviour, caregiver and family functioning
Sleep problems in children and adolescents with FASD are common and
associated with poorer child, caregiver and family outcomes. Future research
needs to determine whether effective identification and management of sleep
problems can reduce adverse outcomes.
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OAKTrust - Molecular
Analysis of a Paternally Transmitted Placental Phenotype in a Mouse Model of
Paternal Alcohol Exposure
This project investigates the reason why the placentas of mice sired by
males exposed to alcohol prior to conception are larger and less efficient than
placentas of control mice.
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Biology of Sex
Differences - An interaction between fetal sex and placental weight and
efficiency predicts intrauterine growth in response to maternal protein
insufficiency and gestational exposure window in a mouse model of FASD
Our data indicate that the placenta is strongly involved in the fetal
stress response and adapts in a sex-dependent fashion to support fetal
development under the alcohol stressor. These variables may further influence
the spectrum of intrauterine growth outcomes observed in those diagnosed with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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American Journal
of Medical Genetics - Ocular measurements in fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) describe a range of physical,
behavioral, and neurologic deficits in individuals exposed to alcohol
prenatally. Reduced palpebral fissure length is one of the cardinal facial
features of FASD.
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Health Promotion
Journal of Australia - Mandatory pregnancy health warning labels on alcohol:
Listen to the experts not the Industry
On 17 July 2020, Ministers on the Forum of Food Regulation will have the
opportunity to approve pregnancy health warning labels on alcohol that have
been developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
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Journal of
Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology - Treatment algorithm for
the use of psychopharmacological agents in individuals prenatally exposed to
alcohol and/or with diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Psychotropic medication treatment of individuals who have experienced
prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has lagged behind psychosocial interventions.
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Human Brain
Mapping - Different brain profiles in children with prenatal alcohol
exposure with or without early adverse exposures
These findings show different brain structure and mental health symptom
profiles in children with PAE with and without postnatal adversity,
highlighting the need to consider adverse postnatal exposures in individuals
with PAE.
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Journal of Autism
and Developmental Disorders - Connecting People with People: Diagnosing
Persons with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Using Telehealth
While ongoing efforts have been made to increase the capacity of
communities to provide early FASD diagnosis, there continues to be on-going
challenges, particularly for remote and rural communities. Telehealth is the
use of technology to connect communities at a distance and has been effectively
used in medicine for several decades.
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Mindfulness - Caregivers
of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Psychosocial Factors and
Evidence for Self-compassion as a Potential Intervention Target
The current findings revealed shame, pride, guilt and self-compassion were
associated with caregiver psychological distress. Self-compassion and shame
were identified as unique contributors to caregiver psychological distress.
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Journal of Public
Health Policy - Opioid exposure in newborns: lessons learned from fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder
The increasing incidence of opioid-exposed pregnancies in the United States
is a concerning public health challenge. Analysis of the public health
responses to prenatal alcohol exposure may inform future prevention and
treatment strategies.
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Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada - Screening and Intervention Practices for
Alcohol Use by Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age: Results of a
Canadian Survey
Strategies are needed to improve familiarity with and uptake of the Alcohol
Use and Pregnancy Consensus Clinical Guidelines. Particular attention should be
given to education and training regarding the use of validated screening
questionnaires and brief intervention practices.
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Global Pediatric
Health - Searching for the Fetal Alcohol Behavioral Phenotype
This narrative review presents the emerging published evidence on the
existence of a phenotypic behavior in children with fetal alcohol spectrum
behavior. Such a phenotype, exhibiting high sensitivity, specificity, and
predictive values, may assist clinicians and families in identifying children
who often miss some of the information needed for full diagnosis, but who may
benefit from these screening tools in mobilizing help to these youngsters and
their families.
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Alcohol and
Alcoholism - Change Over Time in Australian Newspaper Reporting of Drinking
During Pregnancy: A Content Analysis (2000–2017)
A stronger abstinence message during pregnancy has been communicated
through Australian newspaper media over time. The mixed messaging and large
number of articles not endorsing a position on consumption may reflect the
inconclusiveness of the evidence on harms from low to moderate levels of
alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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Nutrition Reviews
- A systematic review of economic evaluations of antenatal nutrition and
alcohol interventions and their associated implementation interventions
The current evidence base has important gaps that limit its value to
decision makers. Incorporating health economic principles and methods into
health promotion interventions will inform decisions about how to derive value
from investment in healthcare.
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Drug and Alcohol
Dependence - Association of prenatal alcohol exposure with preadolescent
alcohol sipping in the ABCD study
This study shows that any alcohol use during pregnancy may play an
important role in very early alcohol use experimentation among offspring by
ages 9–10.
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Nuclear Medicine
and Biology - GABAa receptor density alterations revealed in a mouse model
of early moderate prenatal ethanol exposure using [18F]AH114726
Early moderate PEE may induce long-term alterations in the GABAaR system
that persisted into adulthood.
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Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Alcohol Use Trajectories Before and
After Pregnancy Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers
Adolescent and young adult mothers show heterogeneous risky drinking
trajectories from prepregnancy to postpregnancy. Pregnant women in the
transitional age of early adulthood who report exposure to caregiver alcohol
use, more friends who drink, and coping motives for drinking may have elevated
risk for moderate–heavy drinking during the perinatal period and may benefit
from targeted intervention.
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BMC Public Health
- Social predictors of alcohol use and cessation during pregnancy among
Japanese women: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation
Cohort Study
Women with higher education were more likely to consume alcohol in early
pregnancy and to cease between early pregnancy and middle pregnancy. Working
women were more likely to consume alcohol throughout pregnancy in Japan.
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