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PhD thesis by Dee Basaraba (Deakin University) which examines the classroom practices required to educate Australian children and young people with FASD.

Date:
November 2016
Authors:
Dee Basaraba
Page last updated 11 November 2021

Noncommunicable chronic disease underlies much of the life expectancy gap experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Modifying contributing risk factors; tobacco smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption, physical activity, social and emotional wellbeing (SNAPS) could help close this disease gap. This scoping review published in 2021 identified and describes SNAPS health promotion programs implemented for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.

Date:
January 2021
Journal name:
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Authors:
Canuto, Karla J; Aromataris, Edoardo; Burgess, Teresa; Davy, Carol; McKivett, Andrea; Schwartzkopff, Kate; Canuto, Kootsy; Tufanaru, Catalin; Lockwood, Craig; Brown, Alex
Page last updated 2 September 2021

Eighty-seven participants attended a workshop to support community-based professional development and co-design of a novel assessment approach. Qualitative data collection included video recording of the workshop, and small group discussions, for which a narrative analysis was utilised. Quantitative data collection included self-report questionnaires to understand current community practices and three key constructs: practitioner knowledge, attitudes, and intentions for future practice. The outcomes of this study were published in 2021.

Date:
December 2020
Journal name:
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Authors:
Reid N. Hawkins E Liu W Page M Webster H Katsikitis M Shelton D Wood A O'Callaghan F Morrissey S Shanley D
Page last updated 25 November 2021

This scan sought to identify the scope and gaps in publicly available FASD prevention and health promotion resources, and assess their cultural appropriateness for use among five key groups of Indigenous Australian people including: (i) pregnant

Date:
January 2017
Journal name:
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Book name:
DOI: 10.1002/hpja.8
Authors:
Williams HM Percival NA Hewlett NC Cassady RBJ Silburn SR
Page last updated 2 March 2021

This study published in 2017 analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during the first 7 years of life.

Date:
November 2017
Journal name:
BMC Pediatr. 2017;17(1):195
Authors:
Dossetor PJ Martiniuk ALC Fitzpatrick JP Oscar J Carter M Watkins R Elliott EJ Jeffrey HE Harley D
Page last updated 2 March 2021

This study published in 2020 describes the conception, implementation and evaluation of a training intervention aiming to upskill the custodial workforce in the management of youth with FASD and NDI; 117 staff participated in the intervention, and 109 completed pre- and post-intervention surveys. Improvements were seen across almost all knowledge and attitude items, and the intervention was considered highly necessary, appropriate and valuable by the workforce.

Date:
August 2020
Journal name:
JPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
Authors:
Hayley M Passmore Raewyn C Mutch Rochelle Watkins Sharyn Burns Guy Hall Jonathan Carapetis Carol Bower
Page last updated 16 June 2021

This 2020 article outlines how individuals with FASD may experience inequalities with the justice system. It focuses on why assessment, diagnosis and intervention is important and the role of health and justice professionals in promoting more equitable outcomes for individuals with FASD involved with the justice system.

Date:
February 2020
Journal name:
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
Authors:
Natasha Reid, Natalie Kippin, Hayley Passmore, Amy Finlay-Jones
Page last updated 16 June 2021

This annotated 2019-2020 bibliography has been curated by members of the University of Queensland Programming in Developmental Disease Research Group

Date:
August 2020
Authors:
Karen Moritz Lisa Akison Linda Gallo Natasha Reid Nicole Hayes Deb Askew Sarah Steane Sophie Young Kelly Skorka May Na Erng Olivia Wu
Page last updated 16 June 2021

Researchers partnered with the local Aboriginal health organization and schools to develop and pilot a manualized version of the Alert Program® in the Fitzroy Valley, north Western Australia, a region with documented high rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and early life trauma. Published in 2020

Date:
June 2020
Journal name:
PLoS One. 2020;15(6):e0234895.
Authors:
Wagner B, Latimer J, Adams E, Carmichael-Olson H, Symons M, Mazzucchelli TG, Jirikowic T, Watkins R, Cross D, Carapetis J, Boulton J, Wright E, McRae T, Carter M, Fitzpatric JP
Page last updated 16 June 2021