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This position paper outlines the prevalence, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support of FASD. It proposes 10 recommendations to improve these areas, as well as the overall awareness of FASD in Australia.
- Date:
- August 2016
- Authors:
- Australian Medical Association
This policy document provides a comprehensive overview of the significant and varied harms associated with alcohol, while making recommendations for addressing these harms. It highlights that a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to reducing alcohol-related harm is required.
- Date:
- February 2016
- Authors:
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
The alcohol guideline 3: women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, makes direct reference to FASD. It recommends not drinking alcohol is the safest for women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding. The report was published by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
- Date:
- December 2020
- Authors:
- The Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council
This policy issues brief outlines the key issues contributing to high rates of alcohol use in pregnancy. It also reviews current policies related to alcohol consumption in pregnancy and FASD. It provides policy and practise recommendations to prevent alcohol consumption in pregnancy.
- Date:
- September 2018
- Journal name:
- Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research
- Authors:
- Amy Finlay-Jones
The Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Interagency Strategy 2018-2022 provides a guide for government and non-government organisations as well as the wider community to prevent and reduce the adverse impacts of alcohol and other drug use in Western Australia. It references FASD.
- Date:
- December 2018
- Authors:
- The Government of Western Australia Mental Health Commission
Gilbert + Tobin aims to prompt governments to develop a more inclusive definition of cognitive impairment (including FASD) for use in law and policy. The policy document was launched by Ms June Oscar AO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Chief Justice Wayne Martin AC.
- Date:
- August 2018
- Authors:
- Gilbert + Tobin
This report shares review findings of the National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Strategic Action Plan 2018-2028 implementation. The review’s aim is to inform the Australian Government if the plan is on-track to achieving its goals.
- Date:
- June 2023
- Authors:
- Ashlee Curtis, Brittany Patafio, Dominique de Andrade, Kerri Coomber, Ryan Baldwin, Travis Harries, Delyse Hutchinson, Linda Sweet, Vidanka Vasilevski, Jeff Craig, Peter Miller.
This study aims to explore alcohol use intentions during pregnancy, using variables from the theory of planned behavior, the prototype/willingness model and personality variables. the study also investigated whether priming participants with exposure to prototypes describing different alcohol use behaviors had an impact on intentions. 746 women aged 20 to 45 years, were randomized to be prompted to think of one of two different “types” of behaviors, i.e., small level of alcohol use in pregnancy and ambiguous level of alcohol use in pregnancy. they then completed measures of theoretical variables, impulsivity, venturesomeness, and self-efficacy. Participants then answered whether they intended to use alcohol during a future pregnancy.
- Date:
- May 2023
- Journal name:
- Substance Use and Misuse
- Authors:
- Tess Fletcher, Barbara Mullan, Amy Finlay-Jones.
This systematic review describes allied health and educational interventions and their effectiveness for children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), to appraise the quality and strength of these studies. The systematic review included 25 studies with 735 participants. Body function and structure, activity, behaviour, and sense of self outcomes were pooled.
- Date:
- May 2023
- Journal name:
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Authors:
- Catherine Hilly, Peter Wilson, Barbara Lucas, Thomas McGuckian, Ruth Swanton, Elspeth Froude.
Individuals with lived experience of FASD hold expertise on their own lives and family needs, and their insights on the assessment and diagnostic process are valuable to improving service delivery and informing the provision of meaningful, person- and family-centred care. This systematic review draws on qualitative evidence on the lived experiences of the diagnostic assessment process for FASD.
- Date:
- May 2023
- Journal name:
- Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research
- Authors:
- N. Hayes, K. Bagley, N. Hewlett, E. J. Elliott, C. F. Pestell, M. J. Gullo, Z. Munn, P. Middleton, P. Walker, H. Till, D. C. Shanley, S. L. Young, N. Boaden, D. Hutchinson, N. R. Kippin, A. Finlay-Jones, R. Friend, D. Shelton, A. Crichton, N. Reid.