Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005.

Studies perceptions of health and why young women consume alcohol during pregnancy in Queensland, Australia.

Guidelines for conducting a culturally sensitive survey.

Discusses the three elements central to recovery from alcoholism: the Sweat Lodge, the Red Road and the Recovery Medicine Wheel.

Project related to prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) by giving a voice to unheard voices on areas of health.

Discusses nature of the irreversible disorder, factors which contribute to the problem, and its implications for corrections programs.

Concludes that children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQL).

Literature review on the health of Aboriginal and youth in Canada focusing on the southern Alberta area.

Awareness raising project collected resources from Canadian sources to create a kit spreading a message of healthy and positive living choices.

Discusses the linkage between the frontier culture and alcohol abuse, and the higher rates of consumption among Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals in Alaska and Northern Canada.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1997.

Examination of how women regard and emotionally react to warnings about drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

Summarizes the efforts of the individuals who participated in a 15 month online project.

Introduces primary and secondary characteristics of alcohol-related birth defects. Provides a listing of FAS/FAE programs in Canada.

Looks at reasons for over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal system.

Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.

Study on prenatal alcohol abuse in the lives of young Aboriginal women and the connections between that abuse and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, sexual abuse, extreme violence, and gangs.

Discusses two documents First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and a Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention.

Reprint 2001.

Health Minister and President of Canadian Paediatric Society issued statement.

Presents brief abstracts on articles on FASD in the sister issue of, Journal on Developmental Disabilities.

Results from a study conducted during 1994 and 1995 indicate knowledge of FAS was lower compared to the general population.

Human Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Elementary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Literature search on contributing factors and causes related to high Aboriginal youth involvement in the criminal justice system including: cultural and familial disconnect, intergenerational and childhood trauma, mental health and addictions, and other health challenges.

Study summary revealed attention, memory, and information processing difficulties.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.

Reviews research on mental health; presents social issues underlying problems and some individual and community responses to these challenges. Argues cultural psychiatry can contribute to rethinking services and heath promotion.

Two stories of the devastation of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Argues that researchers and the media have focused on a tenuous biomedical link while ignoring social issues such poverty and housing. Also argues that this has created a culture of fear which targets Aboriginals.

Survey of sixth to eighth grade students' attitudes and knowledge of risk factors and prevention strategies of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

Comments on British Columbia and Ontario communities that worked in partnership with university researchers to develop an intervention program aimed at preventing alcohol-related birth defects in children.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2002.

Examines programs, reintegration into community needs, family and child responsibilities and suppport for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Discusses whether some character's behaviours could be construed as being based in FASD, or whether it only appears to be because of the intergenerational trauma caused by residential schools.

Examines the different levels of understanding and the barriers to dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE).

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.

Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Comments on issues associated with parenting and living with FASD.

Article states that most FASD parents are capable of raising their children and after Parental Capacity Assessments, supports can be provided to facilitate a positive outcome.

Discusses epidemiology, cost to society and individuals, government commitment, risk factors and socio-economic inequities. Scroll down to page 85 to read article.

Eleven recommendations were made to Southeast Child and Family Services to deal with the issue of solvent abuse. Excerpt from: Manitoba's Children's Advocate Annual Report. To locate report, scroll to page 11.

Discusses details of diagnosis and supports warnings to be posted.

Examines diagnostic criteria for this disease.

Discusses the effects of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and prescribed, illegal and restricted drugs on the fetus.

Survey findings indicate that prevention programmes appear to be having positive impacts on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) rates