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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment due to prenatal exposure to alcohol.

Exploring Hope in Australian Justice Involved Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Hope is well recognised as a positive protective factor for mental health, improved coping responses to adverse childhood events and better educational outcomes. Hope is composed of synergistic constituents – agency and pathway. A retrospective chart review was conducted of 53 justice-involved youths (10−17 years old) who underwent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnostic assessments with Patches in Western Australia between 2019 and 2020.

Early moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and maternal diet impact offspring DNA methylation across species

Alcohol consumption in pregnancy can affect genome regulation in the developing offspring but results have been contradictory. We employed a physiologically relevant murine model of short-term moderate prenatal alcohol exposure resembling common patterns of alcohol consumption in pregnancy in humans. 

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Notifications to the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies

There is increasing attention on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia, but there are limited data on their birth prevalence.

Midwives' knowledge, attitudes and practice about alcohol exposure and the risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

There is a need for further professional development for midwives on screening and brief intervention regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy and FASD

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Development of consensus referral criteria for specialist diagnostic assessment in Australia

The use of standard methods to identify when to refer individuals who may have FASD for specialist assessment could help improve the identification of this...

Promoting abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy: Implications from formative research

This research developed messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy and identified elements that enhance message persuasiveness.

Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are underdiagnosed in Australia, and health professionals have endorsed the need for national guidelines for diagnosis.

Prenatal alcohol exposure and educational achievement in children aged 8-9 years

This study examines the relationships between the dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure and achievement in reading, writing, spelling,...

Exploring the potential to use data linkage for investigating the relationship between birth defects and prenatal alcohol exposure

There was a significant association between maternal alcohol-related diagnoses recorded during pregnancy and ARBD, with an attributable fraction of 0.57%.