Article Summary #13: Barriers to screening for alcohol and drug use

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Although health care professionals in maternity care settings play a major role in screening, researchers have shown that this screening is not consistently occurring. Existing research has identified some of the barriers that women who are pregnant face when accessing prenatal care, however, very little research has been done to explore the barriers that primary care workers face when providing care.

Article Summary #12: Technology-Based Interventions Among Women of Childbearing Age

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Many behavioural interventions have been developed aimed at reducing alcohol and illicit drug use among women of childbearing age. However, these traditional interventions are not always effective. Technology-based interventions (TBIs) have many advantages over traditional interventions.There is growing evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of TBIs in changing health behaviours, but it is unclear whether TBIs are useful in preventing or reducing substance use. 

FASD and Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Researchers from CanFASD and other partner organizations have recently published a new paper on FASD and early life adversity called Characterizing Adverse Childhood Experiences among Children and Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. You can access the paper for free until February 19th. FASD and Adversity Individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and FASD experience brain-based … Read More

New FASD Research: December 2020

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Here is a brief summary of some of the latest research published on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Prevention Differential Effects of Maternal Diets on Birth Outcomes and Metabolic Parameters in Rats After Ethanol Consumption during Pregnancy Maternal nutrition plays an important role in the development of FASD, but researchers have a limited understanding of how exactly this occurs. The … Read More