Australian Government Department of Health (Australia) -
'Strong
Born' a new campaign supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
communities to yarn about FASD
On February 22, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health
Organisation (NACCHO) supported by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and
Education (FARE), will launch the Strong Born campaign aimed at raising
awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, and safe
breastfeeding practices.
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The Medical Republic - Mythbusting fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
This is a good thing according to our guest Nirosha Boaden. She is
undertaking a PhD in FASD and brings expertise in social work and public health
research to her role as a senior mental health specialist in the Northern
Territory.
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ABC (Australia) - Ex-prisoner says FASD screening would
help break cycle of crime
Geoffrey Taylor says it wasn't until he was diagnosed with foetal alcohol
spectrum disorder at 54, that he was able to make sense of his life of crime.
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Albuquerque Journal (USA) - New Mexico Senate OKs bill
intended to aid ‘vulnerable’ newborns
Legislation moving forward at the Roundhouse would require New Mexico’s
child welfare agency to conduct a family assessment when a newborn suffers from
drug withdrawals and the parents don’t comply with a hospital-issued plan of
care.
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Indiana Alliance - I’m Sorry- Reframing the FASD
Diagnosis
We have all heard these words. Throughout so many seasons, for so many
reasons. The I’m Sorry I want to discuss is the one I hear on occasion when I
divulge my FASD diagnosis, and how I got it.
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
NACCHO TV - NACCHO 'Strong Born' Campaign
'Strong Born' is a communications campaign designed to raise awareness of
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the harms of drinking alcohol while
pregnant and breastfeeding, among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
communities across Australia.
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Spotlight on FASD - Podcast Season 5 Episode 2 - FASD
Ireland
This week Clare and Jessica are chatting with Tris Casson-Rennie, CEO of
FASD Ireland! With such a busy year ahead, we caught up with Tris in the very
early days of the organisation so be sure to check out their website and follow
on social media to see all they've been up to since!
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HSE Health and Wellbeing - Alcohol brief intervention
during pregnancy with Midwife
In this video we will look at an example of a brief intervention between a
midwife and a young student mother attending her first antenatal appointment.
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The Adoption & Foster Care Journey - Episode 366 -
Primary Characteristics of FASD-Sensory Processing
On this episode, host Sandra Flach continues her series on the Primary
Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Listen in as Sandra
shares how prenatal alcohol exposure affects the senses, how it might present
in our kids, and offers some helpful strategies for accommodations.
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NOFASD Australia - Characteristics across the lifespan
As the adverse impacts of fetal alcohol exposure are dependent on the
timing and dose of alcohol use during pregnancy, the individual fetal alcohol
(FA) characteristics will vary from child to child.
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The Addicted Mind Podcast - 222: The Risk of Alcohol
Consumption During Pre...
Drinking when pregnant is a cultural norm. In fact, one in seven pregnant
people reports consuming alcohol during pregnancy (which is pretty high).
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Learn - Aspire - Thrive – Achieve - Episode 4 - What is
trauma informed practice?
In this episode, John and Edwina turn to our very own experts Jo Lyness and
Pamela McLeman to better understand the impact of early, repeated trauma and
loss which can happen within the child’s important relationships.
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National FASD - Raja & Neil's FASD Book Club -
Session 11, It Isn't All About the Facial Features
Raja & Neil’s FASD Book Club – Session 11, It Isn’t All About the
Facial Features, with Miguel del Campo, filmed 22nd December 2022.
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Inclusive Education - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and
learning
Targeted strategies for teachers to meet the multi-faceted needs of
students living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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RESEARCH
Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Disrupted dynamic functional
network connectivity in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Our results indicate important resting-state dFNC differences exist in
children with FASD. Participants with FASD exhibited increased dynamic fluidity
and dynamic range and spent more time in states typified by anticorrelation
within and between DMN and VN, and more time in a state typified by high
internetwork connectivity.
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Pielęgniarstwo w Opiece Długoterminowej - What should
students know about FAS when they help people with alcohol dependence?
Efforts should be made to increase public awareness of the risks of using
drugs during pregnancy. The increased level of knowledge will affect not only
the health behavior of patients, but may also improve the early diagnosis of
FAS.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health - Rethinking Local Economic Development for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder in Renosterberg Local Municipality, South Africa
Two towns in Renosterberg Local Municipality (RLM) in the Northern Cape
Province of South Africa, Petrusville and Philipstown, have high Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence rates.
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The FASEB Journal - Mitigating the detrimental
developmental impact of early fetal alcohol exposure using a maternal methyl
donor-enriched diet
This study clearly supports that preimplantation embryos are vulnerable to the
teratogenic effects of alcohol, emphasizes the dangers of maternal alcohol
consumption during early gestation, and provides a potential proactive maternal
nutritional intervention to minimize FASD progression, reinforcing the
importance of adequate preconception and prenatal nutrition.
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First Peoples Child and Family Review - Aboriginal
Kinship Carers and Carers of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in
Western Australia: Advancing Knowledge from an Indigenous and Disability Lens
Children and youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have limited
access to assessment, diagnostic, and treatment resources – a distinct
disadvantage in meeting their care needs in Australia.
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Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology - Sexual
dimorphic vulnerability of respiratory control in a neonatal rodent model of
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
These data suggest that important ventilatory defense responses in females are
impaired following developmental EtOH exposure, and this may be associated with
increased risk of later death.
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers - Fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders
Alcohol readily crosses the placenta and may disrupt fetal development.
Harm from prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is determined by the dose, pattern,
timing and duration of exposure, fetal and maternal genetics, maternal
nutrition, concurrent substance use, and epigenetic responses.
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Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics - Genetic, Epigenetic, and
Environmental Influences on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Implications for
Diagnosis, Research and Clinical Practice
We provide an overview of FASD and a brief history of the development of
diagnostic criteria, review risk and resilience factors that impact the
expression of the disorder, discuss genetic and epigenetic factors in FASD, and
conclude by relating these findings to the clinical context.
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Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics - Clinical Perspectives on
the Diagnostic Assessment of Individuals with FASD
The purpose of this chapter is to provide clinicians with an overview of
the diagnostic assessment of individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Adverse
childhood experiences in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and
their effects on behavior
Children with FASD are at risk for ACEs, and those with higher ACEs had a
greater frequency of problem behavior on the ECBI, especially conduct problems.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - An
investigation of the utility of the Australian Guide to the diagnosis of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder in young children
These results highlight the complexity of presentation and the extent of
impairment in the sample. The use of comorbid diagnoses to substantiate a
“severe” designation in specific neurodevelopmental domains raises the question
of whether there were false-positive diagnoses.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Sleep
disturbances in Norwegian children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
with and without a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or
epilepsy
Problems with sleep are very common in FASD children and seem independent
of FASD subgroup and the presence of epilepsy or a pathological EEG finding,
while those with ADHD had more sleep problems.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Validation
of the FASD-Tree as a screening tool for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
The FASD-Tree is not a biomarker of PAE and does not provide definitive
evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure.
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BJR| Open - Spectrum of MRI findings of foetal alcohol
syndrome disorders - what we know and what we need to know!
The exposure to alcohol in utero has been known to damage the developing
foetus. Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term that
highlights a range of adverse effects linked to alcohol exposure in utero.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Latent
classes of neurodevelopmental profiles and needs in children and adolescents
with prenatal alcohol exposure
Four relatively distinct subgroups were present in a large heterogeneous sample
of children and adolescents with PAE assessed for FASD in Canada.
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International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction -
Emerging Risk of Ethanol-related Outbreak via Clandestine Alcohol
Consumption During Pregnancy: An Alarming Note on Prevention of Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders in Iran
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is an increased risk behavior that raises
significant clinical concerns. Ethanol is classified as a hazardous teratogenic
substance (1).
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - A harmonized analysis of
five Canadian pregnancy cohort studies: exploring the characteristics and
pregnancy outcomes associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
Pooling data across pregnancy cohort studies allowed us to create a large
sample of Canadian women and investigate the risk factors for alcohol
consumption during pregnancy.
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Current Psychology - Alcohol consumption after pregnancy
awareness and the additive effect of pregnancy-related anxiety and child abuse
This study examined whether pregnant women alter their alcohol consumption upon
pregnancy awareness and any additive effect of a maternal history of child
abuse and pregnancy-related anxiety in predicting antenatal alcohol
consumption.
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Experimental Neurology - Alcohol & cannabinoid
co-use: Implications for impaired fetal brain development following gestational
exposure
In this review paper, we will address what is currently known about combined
exposure to these substances, both directly and prenatally, and identify shared
prenatal targets from single-exposure paradigms that may highlight susceptible
neurobiological mechanisms for future investigation and therapeutic
intervention.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
FAS Portalen (Sweden) - Fem i fokus på Fokus FAS
Ungefär 60 personer, allt från barnläkare och barnmorskor till psykologer
och adoptionshandläggare, deltog i Fokus FAS på plats i Göteborg den 9–10
februari. Nästan lika många följde konferensen online. Vi passade på att prata
med några av deltagarna.
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AK-Kurier (Germany) - Vortrag und Austausch zum Thema
"Fetale Alkoholspektrum-Störungen (FASD)"
Am 16. März um 18 Uhr findet im Kontaktladen "Aufwärts" in Wissen
(Gerichtsstr. 34) der Austausch statt. Referentin: Miriam Ottweiler-Jaeger,
Fachstelle für Suchtprävention und für Kinder aus suchtbelasteten Familien im
Diakonischen Werk Altenkirchen.
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Gera Aktuell (Germany) - Ausstellung informiert über
schädigenden Alkoholgenuss bei werdenden Müttern
Vom 1. bis 3. März laden die Frühen Hilfen des Jugendamtes, die Sucht- und
Psychiatriekoordinatorin des Amtes für Gesundheit und Versorgung und
Beratungsstellen in der Stadt Gera Interessierte, Fachkräfte und Schulen zur
interaktiven Ausstellung „Zero!“ in die Gera Arcaden ein.
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Rádio Slovensko (Slovenia) - Tvár dieťaťa ako test na
alkohol počas tehotenstva
Časté pitie alkoholu počas tehotenstva dieťaťu výrazne škodí. Vedci teraz zistili ako je to s
príležitostným pitím alkoholu. Pokračuje Rado Tomeš
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El Regional Del Zulia (Spain) - Beber alcohol embarazada
puede alterar la forma de la cara del bebé
Beber alcohol está totalmente contraindicado en las embarazadas porque
puede afectar al desarrollo del feto y tener consecuencias tan graves para el
futuro bebé como el síndrome de alcoholismo fetal, que causa diversos problemas
de salud físicos y mentales.
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la Repubblica (Italy) - Ecco come l'alcol in gravidanza
cambia il viso del feto
Uno studio olandese per la prima volta analizza le modifiche del volto del
feto, grazie all'Intelligenza artificiale. Scoprendo che nessuna dose è sicura.
Ecco i risultati.
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