Summary What is already known about this topic? Opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy contributes to adverse maternal and infant outcomes, including neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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Pan America Health Organization (PAHO) launches online course to address alcohol use in pregnancy
Alcohol Use, Women’s Health and Pregnancy: Comprehensive Approaches to Preventing Problems Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure General purpose: The purpose of this self-learning course is
It’s FASD Day!
FASD Day was first celebrated in 1999. It is a day devoted to raising awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to improve prevention of
Video: Understanding Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines were created to help Canadian adults, who choose to drink alcohol, make informed choices about alcohol consumption to minimize associated
BBC: Conversation boosts honesty over drinking in pregnancy, study finds
A “conversational approach” is the most successful way of encouraging honest disclosure of drinking habits by pregnant women, a new study says. This contrasts with
Research: The Importance of Intimate Partner Violence in Within‐Relationship and Between‐Person Risk for Alcohol‐Exposed Pregnancy
Arielle R. Deutsch First published: 30 January 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13968 Abstract Background Preconceptual prevention programs geared toward reducing alcohol‐exposed pregnancy (AEP) typically emphasize behavioral change of alcohol