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References

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Article title: Predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy in Australian women

Authors: Tracey W Tsang, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, Amy E Anderson, Belinda Tully, Kristy Crooks, Ian Symonds, Danika Tremain, Adrian J Dunlop, John Wiggers, Elizabeth Elliott

Publication: Drug and Alcohol Review 1 June 2021

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Article title: Influences on drinking choices among Indigenous and nob-Indigenous pregnant women in Australia: A qualitative study

Authors: Sophie Gibson, Cate Nagle, Jean Paul, Leisa McCarthy, Evi Muggli

Publication: PLOS ONE April 30. 2020

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Article title: “Did you ever drink more?” A detailed description of women’s drinking patterns

Authors: Evelyne Muggli, Colleen O’Leary, Susan Donath, Francesca Orsini, Della Forster, Peter J Anderson, Sharon Lewis, Catherine Nagle. Jeffrey M Craig, Elizabeth Elliott, Jane Halliday

Publication: BMC Public Health Volume 16, Article number: 683 (2016)

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Article title: Factors influencing women’s decisions to drink alcohol during pregnancy: findings from a qualitative study with implications for health communication

Authors: Carla S Meurk, Alex Broom, Jon Adams, Wayne Hall, Hayne Lucke

Publication: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Volume 14, Article number: 246 (2014)

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Article title: “The problem is that we hear a bit of everything …”: A qualitative systematic review of factors associated with alcohol use reduction and abstinence in pregnancy

Authors: Vivian Lyall, Lindsay Wolfson, Natasha Reid, Nancy Poole, Karen M Moritz, Sonya Egert, Annette J Browne, Deborah A Askew

Publication: Int J Environ Res. Public Health 2021 (18)7, 3445

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Article title: “Did you ever drink more?” A detailed description of women’s drinking patterns

Authors: Evelyne Muggli, Colleen O’Leary, Susan Donath, Francesca Orsini, Della Forster, Peter J Anderson, Sharon Lewis, Catherine Nagle. Jeffrey M Craig, Elizabeth Elliott, Jane Halliday

Publication: BMC Public Health Volume 16, Article number: 683 (2016)

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Article title: Pregnancy intention in an urban Australian antenatal population

Authors: Angela Rassi, Jeany Wattimena, Kristen Black

Publication: Aust NZ J Public Health 2013 Dec;37(6):568-73

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Article title: Women’s knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy: a national survey

Authors: Elizabeth Peadon, Jan Payne, Nadine Henley, Heather D’Antoine, Anne Bartu, Colleen O’Leary, Carol Bower, Elizabeth J Elliott

Publication: BMC Public Health 10, Article number: 510 (2010)

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Article title: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy in non-Indigenous Western Australian women

Authors: Elizabeth Peadon, Jan Payne, Nadine Henley, Heather D’Antoine, Anne Bartu, Colleen O’Leary, Lyn Colvin, Jan Payne, Deborah Parsons. Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Carol Bower

Publication: Alcoholism: Clinical Experimental Research 2007; 31(2): 276-84

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Article title: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and youth justice:  prevalence study among young people sentenced to detention in Western Australia

Authors: Carol Bower, Rochelle E Watkins, Raewyn C Mutch, Rhonda Marriott, Jacinta Freeman, Natalie R Kippin, Bernadette Safe, Carmela Pestell, Candy SC Cheung, Helen Shield, Lodewicka Tarratt, Alex Springall, Jasmine Taylor, Noni Walker, Emma Argiro, Suze Lieitāo, Sharynne Hilton, Carmen Condon, Hayley M Passmore, Roslyn Giglia

Publication: BMJ Open 2018;8:e01905

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Article title: A systematic review of the prevalence of foetal alcohol syndrome disorders among young people in the criminal justice system

Authors: N Hughes, B Clasby, P Chitsabasen et al

Publication: Cogent Psychology 2016:3:1-8

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Article title: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevalence estimates in correctional systems: A systematic review

Authors: S Popova, A Mihic A, D Bekmuradoc, J Rehm

Publication: Can J Public Health 2011:102:336-40

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Article title: Burden and social cost of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Authors: Svetlana Popova, Shannon Lange, Larry Burd, Jërgem Rehm

Publication: Oxford Handbooks Online publication date Sept 2016

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Article title: Risk factors for adverse life outcomes in fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects

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Australian Guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol

The National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol includes references to support Guideline 3:

  1. To prevent harm from alcohol to their unborn child, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy should not drink alcohol.
  2. For women who are breastfeeding, not drinking alcohol is safest for their baby.

The following supporting documents to Guideline 3 are available here:

  • Systematic review of the association between alcohol consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding and health outcomes (document 8)
  • Technical report - systematic review of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding and health outcomes (document 9)