Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

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Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome a Summary

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip A. May
J. Phillip Gossage
Alcohol Research & Health, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 159-168
Diagnosis of FAS is still a matter of debate even though there is no debate about the diagnostic features of FAS.
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An Examination of the Social Determinants of Health as Factors Related to Health, Healing and Prevention of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in a Northern Context: The Brightening Our Home Fires Project, Northwest Territories, Canada

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Aileen Wight Felske
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21140
Project involved asking participants to respond with an answer to, "what does health and healing look like for you in your community"?
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An Examination of Three Key Factors: Alcohol, Trauma and Child Welfare: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Northwest Territories of Canada: Brightening Our Home Fires

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Aileen Wight Felske
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [130]-143
Presents results from photovoice project which also studied the related issue of health and healing in a northern context.
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An Exploratory Study on the Use of Photovoice as a Method For Approaching FASD Prevention in the Northwest Territories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Aileen Wight Felske
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [143]-161
Discusses the Brightening Our Home Fires project which involved thirty women from four communities and intended to provide enhancements to current service delivery and health concerns.
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FASD Tool Kit for Aboriginal Families

Alternate Title
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Tool Kit for Aboriginal Families
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Tool Kit for Aboriginal Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wemigwans
Designed to help front-line workers identity issues with treatment and apply appropriate tools and supports. Uses four sections of medicine wheel: vision, relationship, reason, movement. Revised version.
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FASD Training Study: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Irvine
Mélanie Vincent
Study hopes to add knowledge and research of FASD by mapping kinds of services and available training opportunities, and using findings to make recommendations for sustainable development of FASD services and training opportunities.
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The Fetal Alcohol Crisis

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candis McLean
Report Newsmagazine (BC Edition), vol. 27, no. 10, September 25, 2000, pp. 32-36
Highlights prevention and treatment of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a Transformative Journey

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rae Mitten
Justice as Healing , vol. 14, no. 1, 2009, pp. [1]-8
Argues the disease is a result of social problems and that punishment is inappropriate because those affected experience intellectual and cognitive deficiencies which leave them unable to learn from consequences.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Canadian Guidelines for Diagnosis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert E. Chudley
Julianne Conry
Jocelynn L. Cook ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 172, no. 5, 5 Supplement, March 1, 2005, pp. S1-S21
Presents a review of current diagnostic systems and makes recommendations on their application in diagnosis of FASD-related disabilities.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention Approaches among Canadian Physicians by Proportion of Native/Aboriginal Patients: Practices During the Preconception and Prenatal Periods

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Tough
Margaret Clarke
Jocelynn Cook
Maternal and Child Health Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, July 2007, pp. 385-393
Discusses the challenges health care providers face to provide preventative practices for prenatal alcohol use in rural and remote locations.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: An Update

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Scott Wilson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 6-7
Reports on develops from the 2nd International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Victoria, British Columbia in March 2007. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Suicidality in a Healthcare Setting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael R. Baldwin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, Supplement 1, 2007, pp. 54-60
Found that 6% of adolescents evaluated by the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related conditions due to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Committee
Canadian Paediatric Society
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 7, no. 3, March 2002, pp. 161-174
Looks at prevention, diagnosis, early identification, and management for health care professionals.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Epidemic on Manitoba Reserve

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 157, no. 1, July 1, 1997, pp. 59-60
Suggests that frequency of fetal alcohol syndrome and possible fetal alcohol effects in Canada's Aboriginal populations may be increasing.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Alaska, 1977 through 1992: An Administrative Prevalence Derived From Multiple Data Sources

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace M. Egeland
Katherine A. Perham-Hester
Bradford D. Gessner
Diane Ingle
James E. Berner
John P. Middaugh
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Understanding its Impact

Alternate Title
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: Understanding its Impact
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fred Boland
Michelle Duwyn
Ralph Serin
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal Peoples in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 16-18
Article based on an earlier extensive literature review on the syndrome and its implications for the criminal justice system and corrections.
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Filling Scripts: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Pharmaceutical Sales Practices, Psychiatric Prescribing, and Phamily Life in North America

Alternate Title
Filling Scripts: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Pharmaceutical Sales Practices, Psychiatric Prescribing, and Family Life in North America
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael James Oldani
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2006. Contains material on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and Aboriginal prescriptive healing practices.
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Foreword

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Tara Hanson
Jennifer King
Andrea Auger
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. 3-4
Brief foreword to themed issue on Fetal Alcohol Specturm Disorder (FASD).
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Forward

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Tara Hanson
Jennifer King
Andrea Auger
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 2013, p. 3
Introductory article to themed issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) published in partnership between The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (The Centre).
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From Desperation to Hope: The Stories of Three Aboriginal Women

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Loewen
Excerpt from: Educational Mosaics: Sharing Our Work and Findings: Moving into the Mosaic: Research, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Exploring Applications edited by Zana M. Lutfiyya, Karen E. Smith, and Stan B. Straw. A grandmother, mother and daughter talk about three life stages. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 65.
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