The Queen's
Nursing Institute Scotland (Scotland) - FASD is becoming more of a concern
for community nurses and midwives
In March 2022, the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland conducted an online
survey about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). This was a Year 1
activity of Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives (HPBL) – a QNIS programme
supported by Cattanach and The National Lottery Community Fund.
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The Queen's
Nursing Institute Scotland (Scotland) - Speaking About Drinking
This second blog in the series has a sharper focus and enables the
participating community nurses and midwives across Scotland to speak for
themselves through their responses.
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The Queen's
Nursing Institute Scotland (Scotland) - What Invisibility Looks Like
This is the third in a series of blogs reporting on what we learned from
the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) survey, completed by a
cross-section of Scotland’s community nurses and midwives.
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The Queen's
Nursing Institute Scotland (Scotland) - Spotlighting a Blind Spot
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) have been a long-standing ‘blind
spot’ within Scottish (and British) society, including in its health,
education, social work and justice systems.
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Government of
Western Australia - $6.1 million boost to Preventing FASD Project to change
lives for the better
The McGowan Labor Government is expanding Western Australia's successful
Preventing FASD Project with a $6.1 million funding boost to be included in the
upcoming State Budget.
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Today Show - Mom
of 12 opens up about adopting kids with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Alicia Dougherty went viral on TikTok after posting a time-lapse video of
her next level meal-prepping skills for her family of 10 children.
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RACGP (Australia)
- Support for alcohol-free pregnancies
General practitioners, as keystone providers of antenatal care, are a vital
source of information and advice about drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Patients who are pregnant or trying to conceive want their GPs to provide clear
and consistent advice about alcohol as early as possible in pregnancy.
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Newsroom (New
Zealand) - ‘There are no bad kids, only hurt ones’
We must respond, rather than react, to what is happening within our
communities and understand why young people are engaged in crime
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Stuff (New
Zealand) - How pregnancy warnings got on alcohol products
Scientists knew for decades that alcohol can cause lifelong harm to unborn
children, but it took more than 25 years of effort to get effective warning
labels on alcohol products in New Zealand and Australia.
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MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
Manitoba FASD Coalition - Students and Schools: Successful Systems
Kirsten Auld Varey and Brigette Kosmac, from Inclusion Support Services in
the Winnipeg School Division share how schools can support students with FASD
using a lens of presuming competence, purposeful planning, and promoting
student advocacy.
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Soft White
Underbelly - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Survivor-Robbie
Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Robbie, a survivor of fetal
alcohol syndrome in Poca, West Virginia.
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REACH For It!
Waterloo Region - FASD-Preparing for Summer Camp
Are you facilitating a camp program for kids with FASD. Learn more about
how to make the summer awesome!
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SACCounty Healthy
Beginnings - How can prenatal exposure to alcohol affect the child in the
long-term?
How can prenatal exposure to alcohol affect the child in the long-term?
Children prenatally exposed to alcohol can have serious long-term problems as
they grow up.
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SACCounty Healthy
Beginnings - How Can a Mother's Drinking During Pregnancy Affect Her Baby's
Brain Development?
A mother’s drinking alcohol during pregnancy can affect her baby’s brain
development by changing the way a baby’s brain grows and develops. These
changes in the brain can have long-lasting and permanent effects on the child –
physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
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Hamilton FASD
Collaborative - Transition to Adulthood 2022
This webinar includes themes and tips for Transition planning. It also discusses the following important
areas: Stable and supportive team; Creating a consistent & structured
environment ; Finances (Income and Budgeting); Housing; Medical, mental health
& addiction services; Life skills & Community engagement (Education);
Employment ; Crisis plan.
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Lakeland Centre
for FASD - LCFASD Transitional Housing Program
This video shares the Transitional Housing Program offered by the Lakeland
Centre for FASD and look at how it fits in with our Prevention Conversation
initiative.
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Colorado
Department of Education - Understanding the Brain – FASD
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ConnectFASD - Fact
sheets
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ProofAlliance - New
Mobile App: Our Children Are Sacred
In order to reduce rates of FASD in Indigenous communities and support families
impacted, Proof Alliance has created Our Children Are Sacred.
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Fasd Success Show
- #106 Judy Pakozdy Lessons Learned from a 40+ Year FASD Journey
Would you agree the best learning comes from caregivers who have walked the
FASD journey? Today, I’m talking with Judy Pakozdy, who has 45 years’ worth of
FASD knowledge, training, and caregiving experience.
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The University of
British Columbia - SIB: Self Injurious Behaviour
2021 Wall Scholar Anamaria Richardson (Medicine, UBC) was recently featured on
the FASD Family Support Podcast about self injurious behaviour in children and
youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
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NOFASD Australia
- Pregnancy and Alcohol: The Surprising Reality
How much do you know about pregnancy and alcohol? The reality may surprise you.
Alcohol exposure while in the womb may cause Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,
or FASD, in the unborn child.
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RESEARCH
BMC Medical Research Methodology - Minimizing sample bias due to stigmatized
behaviours: the representativeness of participants in a cohort study of alcohol
in pregnancy
The use of passive consent without disclosure of the specific research
focus resulted in a high level of sample provision. There was no evidence that
study blinding was breached, and women who provided a sample were more likely
to report alcohol consumption.
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NEUROSCIENCE
HONORS PAPERS - Dopaminergic Axon Development in Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
This project investigates the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on
dopaminergic axon development. Using both a wildtype mouse and fractalkine
receptor knockout mouse, we also consider the role of fractalkine signaling in
a vapor alcohol exposure paradigm.
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Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Stability and change in the
interpretation of facial emotions in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders from
childhood to adolescence
Individuals with full FAS have greater difficulty interpreting facial
emotions than nonsyndromal HE and healthy controls in both childhood and
adolescence. By contrast, RME deficits in individuals with PFAS in childhood
represent developmental delay.
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Journal: Handbook
of Substance Misuse and Addictions - Prenatal illicit drug and polysubstance
exposure and impact on developmental outcome
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South African
Journal of Psychology - Fetal alcohol syndrome knowledge and risk behaviors
among university students and community residents in Limpopo, South Africa
The Republic of South Africa has the highest documented fetal alcohol
syndrome prevalence globally. In the Limpopo province, little is known about
students’ or community members’ knowledge of fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder rates and risk behaviors.
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Neurotoxicity
Research - The Combined Effects of Perinatal Ethanol and Early-Life Stress
on Cognition and Risk-Taking Behavior through Oxidative Stress in Rats
In this study, we examined the effect of combined exposure to ethanol and
early stress on maternal care, exploratory behavior, memory performances, and
oxidative stress in male offspring.
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Midwifery - Women's
views and experiences of occasional alcohol consumption during pregnancy: A
systematic review of qualitative studies and their recommendations
Our review provides evidence that information on the issue of alcohol
consumption during pregnancy should be improved in both qualitative and
quantitative terms. However, the reasons for pregnant women's occasional
drinking are complex and influenced by a range of socio-cultural factors.
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Nutrients -
Prenatal Choline Supplementation Alters One Carbon Metabolites in a Rat Model
of Periconceptional Alcohol Exposure
Prenatal alcohol exposure disturbs fetal and placental growth and can alter
DNA methylation (DNAm). Supplementation with the methyl donor choline can
increase fetal and placental growth and restore DNAm, suggesting converging
effects on one-carbon metabolism (1CM).
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Scientific
Studies of Reading - Reading Impairment in Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders
These results are consistent with research showing that reading
comprehension in adolescence relies increasingly on linguistic comprehension
abilities, especially once word reading becomes automatic and text complexity
increases.
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International
Journal of Clinical Practice - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Risk of
Depression in Offspring: a Meta-Analysis
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has been related to poor consequences of
mental health in offspring. However, it remains unknown whether maternal
alcohol drinking during pregnancy is associated with depression in the
offspring.
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BMC Pregnancy and
Childbirth - Practice change intervention to improve antenatal care
addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a randomised stepped-wedge
controlled trial
The practice change intervention improved the provision of antenatal care
addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy in public maternity services.
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International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Key Stakeholder
Priorities for the Review and Update of the Australian Guide to Diagnosis of
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Since the 2016 release of the Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), considerable progress has been made in the
identification and diagnosis of the disorder. As part of a larger process to
review and update the Guide, the aim of this study was to identify review
priorities from a broad range of stakeholders involved in the assessment and
diagnosis of FASD.
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IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
EpiCentro (Italy) - Consumo di alcol in gravidanza: uno studio ISS
Il 9 e 10 maggio si è svolto il workshop: “Prevenzione, diagnosi precoce e trattamento
mirato dello Spettro dei Disturbi Feto Alcolici (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder, FASD) e della Sindrome Feto Alcolica (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS)”.
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Alles Münster
(Germany) - „Freiheit – das ist absolut mein Ding!“
An dieser Stelle zeigen sich einmal im Monat starke Persönlichkeiten, deren
Einschränkungen der Öffentlichkeit noch weitgehend unbekannt sind. Das Fetale
Alkoholsyndrom (kurz FAS, angloamerikanisch auch Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder/ FASD) wird bei vielen Betroffenen erst im späten Jugendalter
diagnostiziert.
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La Hora
(Guatemala) - Alcoholismo: Las víctimas inocentes
Todos los estudios parecen mostrar que el consumo de alcohol y drogas entre
las mujeres ha experimentado un aumento significativo en las últimas décadas.
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Polskie Radio
Lublin (Poland) - „Z FAS się nie wyrasta”. Dr Elżbieta Trubiłowicz o
alkoholowym zespole płodowym
Co roku w Polsce około tysiąca dzieci na 300 tysięcy urodzeń rodzi się z
FAS, czyli Alkoholowym Zespołem Płodowym. To dane, które podaje Śląski
Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach.
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Theseus (Finland)
- Päihteiden käytön vaikutus sikiöön: opas henkilökunnalle, kuinka raskauden
aikainen päihteiden käyttö vaarantaa sikiön kasvun ja kehityksen
Opinnäytetyön aiheeksi valikoitui päihteiden käytön vaikutukset sikiöön ja
lapsen kehitykseen. Työssä tarkastellaan raskauden aikaisen päihteiden käytön
vaikutuksia sikiön kehitykseen ja sitä, millaisia seuraamuksia päihteiden
käytöllä on kasvavalle lapselle.
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