Looking further upstream to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Canada.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Background: About 40 thousand newborns are delivered annually with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). It induces serious CNS complications. Methods: In a review of, the word “fetal alcohol syndrome” was searched in PubMed and Google Scholar and the retrieved articles were summarized. Results: Many studies showed that alcohol can cause more defects in fetus than heroin, cocaine and marijuana. The pos...

The international charter on prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

The fi rst international conference on prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders was held in Edmonton, AB, Canada, on Sept 23–25, 2013. The conference resulted in the production, endorsement, and adoption of the following international charter on the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder by more than 700 people from 35 countries worldwide, including senior government offi cials, sc...

Special Education of Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

The current study aimed to estimate the cost associated with special education among children (5 to 14 years) with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in elementary and middle school by sex, age group, and province and territory in Canada. It was estimated that there were 6,520 students with FASD receiving special education in Canada in 2011-2012. The cost of special education among these st...

Author's response to reviews Title: Cost of Specialized Addiction Treatment of Clients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Canada Authors:

Building clinical capacity for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnoses in western and northern Canada.

BACKGROUND Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are common problems. In response to this problem the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network was established in 2005 by the Canada Northwest FASD Ministerial Partnership. This study was conducted to determine the FASD clinical activity in Canada Northwest. METHODS The Network identified all clinical programs via Internet sit...