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This study evaluated the effectiveness of a mass media campaign highlighting the potential harms associated with drinking alcohol during pregnancy and whether this altered females’ intentions to abstain during pregnancy after campaign exposure.

Date:
November 2023
Journal name:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Authors:
Simone Pettigrew, Leon Booth, Tahnee McCausland, Kelly Kennington, Danica Keric
Page last updated 27 November 2023

This paper evaluates a project across six sites in Australia which aimed to help increase FASD knowledge and diagnostic capacity.

Journal name:
Frontiers in Public Health
Authors:
Kirsten R. Panton1, James P. Fitzpatrick, Carmela F. Pestell
Page last updated 27 November 2023

This paper looked at the neurocognitive profiles of the siblings of people with and without neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs), and if there were associations with objective test performance and self-reported psychosocial functioning.

Date:
November 2023
Journal name:
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Authors:
Brittany Wolff, Vithor Rosa Franco, Iliana Magiati, Carmela F. Pestell & Emma J. Glasson
Page last updated 27 November 2023

This study looks at whether lung function, wheeze, and the number of respiratory infections is different for children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) compared with children who were not exposed.

Date:
October 2023
Journal name:
Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research
Authors:
Dwan Vilcins, Tamara L. Blake, Peter D. Sly, Richard Saffery, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, David Burgner, Mimi L. K. Tang, Natasha Reid
Page last updated 27 November 2023

Read the article here.  Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research Nykola Kent, Nicole Hayes, Sophia Young, Chelsea Vanderpeet, Dianne Shanley, Katrina Harris, Carmela Pestell, Elizabeth Elliott, Natasha Reid

Date:
September 2023
Journal name:
Alcohol Clinical & Experimental Research
Authors:
Nykola Kent, Nicole Hayes, Sophia Young, Chelsea Vanderpeet, Dianne Shanley, Katrina Harris, Carmela Pestell, Elizabeth Elliott, Natasha Reid
Page last updated 6 October 2023

This article explores factors outside of current FASD diagnostic criteria that could be included as part of a holistic assessment process to ensure better support to improve outcomes.

Page last updated 22 September 2023

This paper discusses various areas for increased involvement by Indigenous men in future FASD research, prevention, care and support.

Date:
September 2023
Journal name:
Drug and Alcohol Review
Authors:
Michael F. Doyle, Jimmy Perry, Carol Bower, Katherine M. Conigrave, Sharynne Hamilton
Page last updated 8 September 2023

Many passengers experience some degree of nervousness when flying. However, all would be uncomfortable, arguably downright terrified, if informed that the pilots had only completed an online learning program before taking to the skies.

Date:
July 2023
Journal name:
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Authors:
Louise Gray, Julie Flanagan and Elizabeth J. Elliott
Page last updated 8 September 2023

From 31 July 2023, alcoholic products sold in Australia and New Zealand will be required by law to display a visible pregnancy health warning. Since this decision in July 2020 for these warnings to be mandated, they have been appearing on alcoholic products. This national poll asked Australians to recall whether they have seen the pregnancy health warning on alcoholic products.

Date:
July 2023
Authors:
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Page last updated 26 July 2023

Children with FASD have PAE and significant sleep disturbances. What is not clear is the relative contribution of exposure to early life adversity to these disturbances. This study examines how exposure to adversity impacts frequent insomnia symptoms and nightmares in children with FASD and "At Risk" designations.

Date:
July 2023
Journal name:
Alcohol
Authors:
Ned Chandler-Mather, Joseph Betts, Caroline Donovan, Doug Shelton, Sharon Dawe.
Page last updated 17 July 2023