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The Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Interagency Strategy 2018-2022 provides a guide for government and non-government organisations as well as the wider community to prevent and reduce the adverse impacts of alcohol and other drug use in Western Australia. It references FASD.
- Date:
- December 2018
- Authors:
- The Government of Western Australia Mental Health Commission
People with FAS are at risk of having adverse childhood experiences, especially those with child protection and/or justice system involvement. The complex relationship between FASD and psychosocial vulnerabilities in the affected individual is an important clinical risk factor for comorbidity. This study explored the ACEs and associated stressors in individuals with FASD, investigated the association between ACEs and negative outcomes, and examined the relationship between ACEs and comorbid conditions such as mood and neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Date:
- October 2022
- Journal name:
- BMC Pediatrics
- Authors:
- Grace Kuen Yee Tan, Martyn Symons, James Fitzpatrick, Sophia G Connor, Donna Cross, Carmela F Pestell.
Neurodevelopmental impairments resulting from FASD can increase the likelihood of justice system involvement. This study compared offence characteristics in young people with FASD to demographically matched controls in Western Australia, uncovering relationships between personal attributes and offence characteristics. After controlling for demographic factors, regression analyses showed FASD participants were more likely than controls to be charged with reckless driving, breach of bail/community orders, property damage, and disorderly behaviour. These findings suggest justice-involved individuals with FASD have unique offending profiles, having implications for sentencing, diversionary/crime prevention programs and interventions.
- Date:
- June 2022
- Journal name:
- Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
- Authors:
- Grace Kuen Yee Tan, Carmella F. Pestell, James Fitzpatrick, Donna Cross, Isabelle Adams, Martyn Symons
The Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia. The Bigiswun Kid Project follows up the Lililwan cohort in 2020-2022 at age 17-19 years. The aims of this project are to identify adolescents' needs and build knowledge to inform services to improve the health and well-being of adolescents in remote Aboriginal communities.
- Date:
- March 2022
- Journal name:
- BMJ Open
- Authors:
- Lauren J Rice, Tracey W Tsang , Emily Carter, Marmingee Hand, Jadnah Davies , Sue Thomas, Eric Bedford, Emma Bear, Cheyenne Carter, Lisa Cannon, Elizabeth J Elliott
Language disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. The aims of this exploratory study published in 2022 were to (1) identify the prevalence of orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies among adolescents in youth detention and (2) examine how these compare between adolescents with and without PAE.
- Date:
- January 2022
- Journal name:
- Speech Language and Hearing
- Authors:
- Natalie R. Kippin, Suze Leitão, Rochelle Watkins, Raewyn Mutch & Amy Finlay-Jones
The aim of this study published in 2021 was to describe the birth prevalence and characteristics of congenital heart defects in a geographically defined Australian population.
- Date:
- October 2021
- Journal name:
- Journal pf Paediatrics and Child Health
- Authors:
- Hansen M.; Greenop K.; Yim D.; Ramsay J.; Thomas Y.; Baynam G.S.
This study published in 2021 investigates the associations between maternal health and health-related behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking) both during pregnancy and up to 15 months from childbirth and children's health outcomes during infancy and adolescence (general health, presence of a chronic illness, and physical health outcome index)
- Date:
- September 2021
- Journal name:
- PLoS ONE
- Authors:
- Ahmad K.; Kabir E.; Keramat S.A.; Khanam R.
In this study, we examined macrostructure and microstructure elements in the oral and written narrative texts of 24 adolescent students of a youth detention centre. The students, who were aged 14- to 17- years, were all speakers of Standard Australian English, and 11 (46%) students met criteria for language disorder (LD). The outcomes of this study were published in 2021.
- Date:
- March 2021
- Journal name:
- Journal of Communication Disorders
- Authors:
- Kippin, N.R Leitao, S Finlay-Jones, A Baker, J Watkins, R
We used data from the Raine Study, a multi-generational birth cohort study, to examine the association between prenatal alcohol exposure and the risk of harmful alcohol use in offspring at the age of 17 years. This study was published in 2020.
- Date:
- December 2020
- Journal name:
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Authors:
- Duko B Pereira G Betts K Tait RJ Newnham J Alati R
The objective of this study published in 2020 was to test the associations between maternal prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposures and depressive symptoms in the offspring, adjusting for a wide range of potential confounders.
- Date:
- October 2020
- Journal name:
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Authors:
- Duko B Pereira G Betts K Tait RJ Newnham J Alati R