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Exploring offending characteristics of young people with FASD in Western Australia

Neurodevelopmental impairments resulting from FASD can increase the likelihood of justice system involvement. This study compared offence characteristics in young people with FASD to demographically matched controls in Western Australia, uncovering relationships between personal attributes and offence characteristics.
  • Publishing Date:

    13 June, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

  • Authors:

    Grace Kuen Yee Tan, Carmella F. Pestell, James Fitzpatrick, Donna Cross, Isabelle Adams, Martyn Symons

Comprehensive Clinical Paediatric Assessment of children adolescents in detention in WA

This study aims to describe the comprehensive clinical paediatric assessment of a representative sample of children and adolescents sentences to detention in WA and participating in the first FASD prevalence study.
  • Publishing Date:

    2 June, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    Journal of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

  • Authors:

    Raewyn Mutch, Jacinta Freeman, Natalie R. Kippin, Bernadette Safe, Carmela Pestell, Hayley Passmore, Sharynne Hamilton, Helen Shield, Emma Argiro, Candace Browne (Rainsford), Carmen Condon, Roslyn Giglia, Rochelle Watkins, Rhonda Marriot, Carol Bower

Lived experience of adolescents with FASD

The aim of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of adolescents with FASD to understand both the ways in which their challenges influence daily functioning, and the personal assets and external resources that facilitate participation.
  • Publishing Date:

    30 May, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

  • Authors:

    Kelly Skorka, Jodie Copley, Catherine McBryde, Pamela J. Meredith, Natasha Reid

Key Stakeholder Priorities for the Review and Update of the Australian Guide to Diagnosis of FASD: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Prior to the review and update of the Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of FASD (2016), this study was conducted with the aim to identify review priorities from a broad range of stakeholders, such as researchers and healthcare practitioners, involved in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD, to make sure the most meaningful aspects are revised.
  • Publishing Date:

    10 May, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

  • Authors:

    Nicole Hayes, Lisa K. Akison, Sarah Goldsbury, Nicole Hewlett, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Amy Finlay-Jones, Dianne C. Shanley, Kerryn Bagley, Andi Crawford, Haydn Till, Alison Crichton, Rowena Friend Karen M. Moritz, Raewyn Mutch, Sophie Harrington, Andrew Webster, Natasha Reid

Influencing and implementing mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning labels in Australia and New Zealand

In 2020, Australia and New Zealand implemented a mandatory and evidence-based legal standard for pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products. This article discusses some of the challenges faced in achieving policy change and how these barriers were overcome by public health advocacy groups to build the evidence, counter industry conflicts of interest, consumer test health messages, mobilise community support and gather political support.
  • Publishing Date:

    23 April, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    Health Promotion International

  • Authors:

    Maddie Heenan, Janani Shanthosh, Katherine Cullerton, Stephen Jan

Practice change intervention to improve antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a randomised stepped-wedge controlled trial

This study uses a randomised stepped-wedge controlled trial to estimate the effectiveness of a practice change intervention in improving the provision of antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy in public maternity services in New South Wales, Australia.
  • Publishing Date:

    21 April, 2022

  • Journal Name:

    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

  • Authors:

    Emma Doherty, Melanie Kingsland, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Belinda Tully, Luke Wolfenden, Adrian Dunlop, Ian Symonds, John Attia, Sarah Ward, Mandy Hunter, Carol Azzopardi, Chris Rissel, Karen Gillham, Tracey W. Tsang, Penny Reeves, John Wiggers

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