Investigators: Natalie Kippin This research aims to examine the communication abilities of young people sentenced to detention in Western Australia, where a high prevalence of FASD and neurodevelopmental disorder has been identified. Outcomes are ...

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This study of young people in detention in Western Australia, has documented a high prevalence of FASD and severe neurodevelopmental impairment ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

The Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder has been developed, funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

Health professionals have an important role to play in preventing prenatal alcohol exposure ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

To establish baseline prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) prior to mandatory folic acid fortification in Australia. ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

The current article outlines how individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder may experience inequities within the justice system ...

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• 2020
• February 2020

The objective was to evaluate the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project that provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources ...

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• 2011
• February 2011

we aim to create a profile of fine motor skills in a cohort of WA children; determine whether these differed in children with PAE or FASD and prevalence. ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability of varying severity that occurs among individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians, the effects of colonisation and ongoing racism could increase the risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. ...

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• 2023
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Alcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes. ...

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• 2010
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Carol Bower C MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research Australia CRE 08 6319 1813 carol.bower@telethonkids.org.au Senior Principal Research Fellow; Director, ...

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Abnormally formed lower limbs with varying degrees of fusion are the major feature of sirenomelia whereas maldeveloped lower limbs without fusion are found in a ...

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• 2010
• October 2010