NEWS and
ARTICLES
HealthCanal.com (Australia) -
Population-based study provides new alcohol and pregnancy data
From the findings of the first-ever
population-based study of its kind in Australia, a Curtin University researcher
has released a report highlighting the impact of maternal alcohol consumption on
the health and development of children.
Herald Sun (Australia) - Hospitals under fire
from medical chief for offering alcohol to pregnant women
HOSPITALS are offering pregnant mums wine and
beer - despite doctors' alarm over the number of "booze babies" born with brain
damage.
SBS (Australia) - MPs want fetal alcohol
warning on drinks
All alcoholic drinks should carry a health
warning for pregnant women, a parliamentary committee says.
Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) - Booze risks for
unborn spur mum into action
A mother of a disabled son is pleading for
warning labels to be slapped on alcohol to prevent hundreds of children being
born brain-damaged every year.
ABC Online (Australia) - Inquiry to report on
fetal alcohol problem
Australia's love of alcohol is well documented -
even celebrated. Less publicised are the consequences of pregnant women who
drink and damage their unborn babies.
Lethbridge Herald (Canada) - Reaching out to
FASD victims
As a former young offenders centre employee and
group home worker, Brent Lorenz learned to work with struggling kids before they
got wrapped up in a life of crime. Now a constable with the Lethbridge regional
police, he's the only police officer in the world who deals specifically with
youth who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Canada First Perspective (Canada) - Society
'will feel impact' of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
A First Nations leader said fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder — also known as FASD — is an "alarming" problem amongst
Canada's Aboriginal population.
AllAfrica.com (South Africa) - South Africa:
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Campaign in Carnavon
Alcohol is killing the moral fibre of our
society, and it has now reached a point where unborn babies are disabled for
life due to the fact that mothers are consuming alcohol during pregnancy. This
phenomena has rocked the rural town of De Aar, to point where it is now the town
with the highest reported incidences of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
First International Conference on Prevention
of FASD
Call for Abstracts Now Open
Provincial Outreach Program - Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Justice System (webinar)
This webcast will share knowledge and
information about FASD and the justice system by:
· briefly exploring what Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder (FASD) is;
· presenting on a program designed and
implemented by the Asante Centre for youth involved in the justice system with
FASD (including findings and statistics);
· sharing research findings focusing on
substance abuse (drug and alcohol
programs for youth with FASD) being lead by the Asante Centre;
and
· describing Manitoba’s Youth Justice FASD
program for youth
involved the criminal
justice system (including challenges and recommendations)
SFU - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Conferences
This conference is a 3-day juried hearing of
evidence and scientific findings that allows for the engagement and
collaboration of citizens, decision makers in government, and the justice system
in addressing a specific set of key questions on legal issues of FASD.
MATERIALS
and VIDEOS
Best Start - Breastfeeding and Alcohol Use:
Parent Knowledge and Behaviours in Ontario, 2011
The Best Start Resource Centre would like to
thank Leger Marketing for completing this Ontario parent survey about
breastfeeding and alcohol use, providing the data analysis and identifying
preliminary trends.
NOFAS - Tania Peterman on living with
FASD
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (NOFAS) is the leading voice and resource of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD) community. Founded in 1990, NOFAS is the only international
non-profit organization committed solely to FASD primary prevention, advocacy
and support.
CAPHC - Beyond Screening - Understanding the
Core Deficits and Diagnosis of FASD
This webinar is an extension of our webinar
series on screening tools for FASD.
IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
Rodinka (Slovakia) - Čo by ste povedali
tehotnej, ktorá pije alkohol?
Takouto jednoduchou otázkou začínala konferencia
Návratu, venovaná FAS-cinujúcim deťom. Tak si skúste sami pred sebou v duchu
odpovedať.
Delfi (Estonia) - Karskusliit: kinkige oma
veel sündimata lapsele alkoholivaba 9 kuud
Alkoholi tarvitamine raseduse ajal põhjustab
erinevaid kahjustusi vähemalt 1%-le Euroopa Liidu elanikest, mõjutades seega
umbes 5 miljonit inimest. Tegemist on seega Euroopa Liidus sünnidefektide ja
arenguhäirete juhtiva põhjusega, mis on samas 100% ennetatav.
