NEWS and ARTICLES
CBC.ca (Canada) - P.E.I. study shows
surprising fetal alcohol disorder numbers
A new study gives Prince Edward Island
health-care workers an indication of how many Island women may be drinking
heavily during pregnancy. For one year, health officials collected a sample from
the first bowel movement of nearly every baby born on P.E.I.
7th Space Interactive (Australia) -
A modified Delphi study of screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in
Australia
There is little reliable information on the
prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia and no
coordinated national approach to facilitate case detection. The aim of this
study was to identify health professionals'perceptions about screening for FASD
in Australia.MethodA modified Delphi process was used to assess perceptions of
the need for, and the process of, screening for FASD in Australia.
ABC Kimberley (Australia) - Lack of
information and support for FASD foster carers
A new study through the Telethon Institute for
Child and Health Research looks into the experience of foster carers looking
after children with FASD.
Daily Republic (USA) - Johnson reintroduces
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders bill
Sen. Tim Johnson was one of three senators who
reintroduced the Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act to
improve research, prevention, and services for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD).
MATERIALS and VIDEOS
UCAdoption - Adopting a Child with Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Are you considering adopting a child living with
FAS? This video created by the University of Chicago Adoption Center helps you
to better understand the disease and answers questions often asked by
prospective parents.
Whirlwind of Life FASD
NeuroDevNet - Public Forum on FASD: How Much
is Too Much
Telethon Institute (Australia) - New FASD
report
Our researchers have completed a review of
current resources aimed at helping parents and carers of people with Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in Australia.
RESEARCH
Annals of Family Medicine - Clinician
Suspicion of an Alcohol Problem: An Observational Study From the AAFP National
Research Network
Clinician suspicion of alcohol problems had poor
sensitivity but high specificity for identifying patients who had a positive
screening test for alcohol problems. These data support the routine use of a
screening tool to supplement clinicians’ suspicions, which already provide
reasonable positive predictive value.
Substance Abuse Treatment, prevention and Policy
- Changes in alcohol use and relationship satisfaction in Norwegian couples
during pregnancy
Numerous studies have documented a profound
reduction in alcohol use among pregnant women, whereas research on expectant
fathers has been scarce.
The Journal of Neuroscience - Moderate
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Reduces Plasticity and Alters NMDA Receptor Subunit
Composition in the Dentate Gyrus
Using a limited access, voluntary consumption
paradigm, we recently demonstrated that moderate prenatal alcohol exposure
(MPAE) is associated with dentate gyrus-dependent learning and memory deficits
that are manifested in adulthood.
Andrologia - Effect of alcohol intake and
cigarette smoking on sperm parameters and pregnancy
Much has been published about smoking and
alcohol intake influencing male fertility, sperm parameters and reproductive
outcome. However, there is no conclusive agreement about the effects of
cigarette smoking and alcohol use on these outcomes and thus no generally
accepted guidelines.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth - Behavioural change
in relation to alcohol exposure in early pregnancy and impact on perinatal
outcomes - a prospective cohort study
There has been limited research addressing
whether behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in pregnancy results
in better perinatal outcomes.
Drug Alcohol Rev - Maternal factors
associated with heavy periconceptional alcohol intake and drinking following
pregnancy recognition: A post-partum survey of New Zealand women
To reduce the burden of alcohol-related harm to
the foetus, these findings suggest that New Zealand alcohol policy should be
focused not only on promoting total abstinence when planning a pregnancy and
when pregnant, but also on reducing 'binge drinking' culture and the frequent
consumption of lower levels of alcohol.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Boyens Zeitungen (Germany) - Boyens
Zeitungen
Nebenan klärten Petra Jasper und Annika Thomsen
vom FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) über die Folgen von Alkoholkonsum
während der Schwangerschaft auf und lieferten schockierende Zahlen: "Weniger als
zehn Prozent der Schwangeren sind abstinent."
Głos Wielkopolski (Poland) - Stowarzyszenie
chciało pomóc dzieciom, ale urzędnicy z UMWW odrzucili ofertę
40 dzieci, niepełnosprawnych i z rodzin
dotkniętych uzależnieniami, miało wziąć udział w przedświątecznych zajęciach
terapeutycznych w Poznaniu.
