The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research network, with collaborators, researchers and partners across the nation. It is Canada’s first comprehensive national Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) research network. It started as an alliance of seven jurisdictions and operated for seven years as the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network.
In their work, CanFASD has pulled together a comprehensive list of FASD prevention resources and publications. These include:
Publications & Resources
Parent-Child Assistance Program in Alberta First Nation Communities Evaluation Report — The evaluation was undertaken to provide key information about how the Parent–Child Assistance Program (PCAP) was being implemented in order to identify areas for improvement, and to provide outcome information to stakeholders to inform decision-making regarding ongoing implementation of PCAP in First Nation communities.
Health Care Students’ Attitudes About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Responses to Narrative Vignettes — This article explores medical, midwifery, and nurse practitioner students’ attitudes about women who may consume alcohol throughout their pregnancies.
Environmental Scan of Prenatal Services for Marginalized Women in Alberta: Specialized Services — The Marginalized Women Working Group was formed by the Maternal Newborn Child and Youth Strategic Clinical Network to examine the availability and access to prenatal care services for marginalized women in Alberta. This environmental scan has been conducted to determine what prenatal services currently exist for marginalized women in Alberta and identify any gaps or opportunities that may be present.
Reframing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Studying Culture to Identify Communication Challenges and Opportunities — Implicit cultural understandings challenge those working to increase public awareness and support for programs to prevent and address FASD. Understanding these cultural beliefs reveals key challenges that communicators face; it also helps identify opportunities to foster public engagement and build support for policies and programs that are important for reducing the prevalence of FASD as a public health issue. Through a series of interviews with members of the public in Manitoba, Canada, the cultural models that members of the Manitoban public draw on to make sense of this issue are identified.
Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines — The Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines is a resource on maternal and newborn health. It includes the latest information and advice from Canadian experts.
As well as academic publications, national action team members prepare resources to guide improvements in practice and policy, to support the prevention of FASD. Here are some examples:
Evaluation of FASD Mentoring Programs
Harm Reduction and Pregnancy: Community-based approaches to Prenatal Substance Use in Western Canada
Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) – A multi-level model
Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women Who use Substances: What Communities are Doing to Help
Taking a Relational Approach: The Importance of Supportive and Timely Connections
FASD Awareness Day infographic—What we know about pregnancy and alcohol, and what women have found helpful when making decisions to stop drinking in pregnancy.
Bibliographies:
FASD Prevention – An Annotated Bibliography, articles published in 2013 FASD Prevention – An Annotated Bibliography, articles published in 2014FASD Prevention – An Annotated Bibliography, articles published in 2015 FASD Prevention – An Annotated Bibliography, articles published in 2016
Information Sheets on Women’s Alcohol Use, Tobacco Use, Marijuana Use and Prescription Opioid Use:
Women and Alcohol Women and Tobacco Women and Marijuana Women and Prescription Opioids
Other Resources
Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines — The Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines is a resource on maternal and newborn health. It includes the latest information and advice from Canadian experts.
Recent Journal Articles by Prevention Team members
2017
Are Rural and Urban Ontario Health Care Professionals Aware of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder? A Secondary Data Analysis of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Survey for Health Professionals. Journal of Developmental Disabilities. Kelly D Coons, Alexandra L Clement, Shelley L Watson (2017).
Health Care Students’ Attitudes About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Responses to Narrative Vignettes. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. Kelly D. Coons, Shelley L. Watson, Nicole M. Yantzi, Nancy E. Lightfoot, Sylvie Larocque (2017). DOI: 10.1177/2333393617740463
Preconception health care interventions: A scoping review. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 14C, 24-32. Hemsing, N., Greaves, L., & Poole, N. (2017). doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.08.004
“No Alcohol Is Recommended, But . . .”: Health Care Students’ Attitudes About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. Kelly D. Coons, Shelley L. Watson, Nicole M. Yantzi, Nancy E. Lightfoot, Sylvie Larocque (2017). doi:10.1177/2333393617707663
2016
Poole, N., Schmidt, R., Green, C., & Hemsing, N. (2016). Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Current Canadian efforts and analysis of gaps. Substance Abuse Research and Treatment, 10(S1). doi:10.4137/SART.S34545. eCollection 2016
Rutman, D. (2016) Becoming FASD-Informed: Strengthening practice and programming working with women with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 10(S1 ) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861453/ Pei, J., Tremblay, M., McNeil, A., Poole, N., McFarlane, A. (2016). Neuropsychological Aspects of Prevention and Intervention for FASD in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology. doi:10.1007/s40817-016-0020-1
2015
Hubberstey, C., Rutman, D., Poole, N., Hume, S., & Van Bibber, M. (2015). Toward an evaluation framework for community-based FASD prevention programs. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 30(1), 79-89
Marcellus, L., MacKinnon, K., Benoit, C., Phillips, R., Stengel, C. (2015). Reenvisioning Success for Programs Supporting Pregnant Women With Problematic Substance use. Qualitative Health Research, 25(4), 500-512
Robertson-Boersma, D., Butt, P., Dell, C. (2015). Reflections on how a university binge drinking prevention Initiative supports alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral for student alcohol use. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 88(3): 339-346
For more information on CanFASD please visit: www.canfasd.ca
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