Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Included in the questionnaire were three common screening tools for alcohol use during pregnancy.

Examines the use of harmful substances during pregnancy. Harmful substances include alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and psychoactive drugs. The research shows the relationship between socio-economical conditions and substance use.

Describes development of current three-year research project between university researchers and communities to develop community-specific interventions on health related issues.

Describes a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention program in lab mice that had a significant effect on increasing Alaska Native students comprehension of the negative impacts of drinking during pregnancy.

Looks at factors which contribute to educational gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students: history, political organization, socio-economic status, and health.

Judge's recommendation legislation be passed to confer "fetal rights" on unborn infants has implications for the rights of mothers.

Attempts to fill knowledge gap regarding occurrence, characteristics and relationship to drinking problems. Recommends community support and education as part of a prevention strategy.

Website contains links to: information, services and programs in the areas of diabetes, drug & alcohol, employment information, counselling, youth outreach, family support and the Tillicum Learning Centre.

"In this paper, we make visible three dilemmas from a case study in which Indigenous health research frameworks provided limited guidance or were unclear about how to balance community priorities with Indigenous research principles".

Overview of program started by Vancouver Parks Board in partnership with the Vancouver Native Health Society and Board of Education to promote physical activity.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.

Comments on the role dietitians play in helping communities to improve their knowledge of nutrition and to understand how to make healthy food choices that promote good health.

Lists several initiatives researching Métis health in Alberta. Includes Agreement struck by Metis Nation of Alberta, Alberta government and Canada.

Chronicles a study involving 94 young offenders that suggests that FASD did not have an influence on their history of offences.

Reviews findings of previously tested interventions, promising upcoming interventions, and data gaps.

Report prepared for the Department of Justice Canada identifies needs of Aboriginal peoples, with an emphasis on short-term projects to deal with violence and victimization.

The file contains the presentation of a discussion paper by Marie Baker. Baker, "an active disabled woman doing research work with the Aboriginal Women's Council" discusses disabled Aboriginal people's issues in British Columbia. Amongst the issues Baker addresses are ignorance of services available, housing assistance, and their rights, and the issue of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Baker also makes a variety of recommendations to deal with these issues.

File contains a presentation by the Alcohol Related Birth Defects Committee by Betsy Jackson and Lorraine Stick. Jackson and Stick discuss FAS/FAE related issues as they pertain to Aboriginal communities in Yukon. They discuss the composition of their committee and its mandate, as well as their activities and contacts with other organizations across Canada and in Alaska. Following their presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of these issues with them.

Surveyed residents to gauge public awareness of the effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy on the unborn child and to measure the recall of a government advertising campaign.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2001.

Published as part of the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform. Identifies gaps in research on the implications of FAS for the justice system.

Discussion of issues surrounding teaching Inuit and possible strategies to accommodate cultural differences in the corrections classroom.

Article asserts that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome strategies have gone beyond preventing pregnant women from drinking, to pregnancy prevention itself, with options ranging all the way to permanent sterilization.

Human and Social Development Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Article suggests that more attention should be given to the social aspects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the impacts on human service workers.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 2004.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.

Examines and describes the service needs and experiences of pregnant women in Manitoba who have problems with substance use.

Handbook is part of strategy to reduce the incidence of FASD in Inuit communities.

Profiles single-access programs in four different communities and highlights why this type of program works.

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

Reviews successful multi-component programs which include behavioural parent training, self-instructional training and school-based contingency training, that could be incorporated to treat Aboriginal children and youth with FASD.

Study looked at 49 cases of FASD diagnosed at Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT) between 2002 and 2012. Multidisciplinary team assessed neurodevelopmental abnormalities, facial features and growth abnormalities, and inquired about maternal alcohol consumption, current custody and involvement with the criminal justice system.

Speaker tells her life story and speaks about youth. Duration: 23:17.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2003.

Findings from investigation of one child's death at the hands of another. The children were under the supervision of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services and the Yorkton Tribal Council Child and Family Services, respectively. Ministry of Social Services' Response. Update.

Public Policy Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.

Identifies core operational characteristics when developing intervention programs to fit the needs of both physicians and Aboriginal mothers.

Presents results of a three year research project involving interviews of 13 women and a literature review.

Caregivers supporting a family member with FASD speak about their experiences, challenges, and resiliency. What it Takes... Duration: 10:19

Review of: White Man's Water by Erica Prussing.

Workbook was designed to create a toolkit of resources for front line workers, and health and social directors and staff.