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This study sought to determine data collection approaches in Australian cohort studies and explore the potential impact on reported prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) prevalence and patterns. PAE prevalence was estimated as 48% (95% CI: 38 to 57%). Use of trained assessors was an influencing factor of the prevalence estimates when data were collected via interview. Alcohol-focused studies reported higher prevalence of PAE, regardless of method of survey administration. Where interviewer training is not possible, self-administered questionnaires was found most likely provide the most reliable PAE estimates.
- Date:
- October 2022
- Journal name:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Authors:
- Sophia L. Young, Sarah E. Steane, Nykola L. Ken, Natasha Reid, Linda A. Gallo, Karen M. Moritz.
This study examines the effect of practice change intervention to support the implementation of guideline-recommended care for addressing alcohol use in pregnancy on self-reported alcohol use during pregnancy through a randomised, stepped-wedge controlled trial within the Hunger New England Local Health District (NSW, Australia).
- Date:
- August 2022
- Journal name:
- Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
- Authors:
- Tracey W. Tsang, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, John Wiggers, John Attia,Luke Wolfenden, Adrian Dunlop, Belinda Tully, Ian Symonds, Chris Rissel, Christophe Lecathelinais, Elizabeth J. Elliott
This systematic review aims to document the range and prevalence of eye abnormalities reported on children with prenatal exposure to alcohol and/ or FASD.
- Date:
- August 2022
- Journal name:
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Authors:
- Tracey W Tsang , Amy Finlay-Jones, Kerrin Perry, John R Grigg Svetlana Popova,Melissa Mei Yin Cheung, Carol Bower, Patrick Tam, Robyn V Jamieson, and Elizabeth J Elliott.
This study aimed to examine health-related variables in a cohort of expectant fathers to identify potential focus areas for interventions designed to optimise health and wellbeing outcomes. 498 partners of pregnant women who accessed antenatal services at a large maternity unit in a Western Australian hospital were recruited as part of the ORIGINS Project.
- Date:
- March 2022
- Journal name:
- Parenting and Family
- Authors:
- Simone Pettigrew, Michelle I. Jongenelis, Sophie Cronin, Liyuwork M. Dana, Desiree Silva, Susan L. Prescott, Bu B. Yeap
This comprehensive clinical paediatric assessment examines 103 young people sentenced to detention in Western Australia (WA) and participating in the first Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevalence study. The findings of multiple and serious impairments and health issues, through completion of comprehensive clinical paediatric and multidisciplinary health and neuro-developmental assessments for this study, support their routine provision to all young people on entry to systems of juvenile justice.
- Date:
- July 2022
- Journal name:
- Journal of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Authors:
- Raewyn Mutch, Jacinta Freeman, Natalie Kippin, Bernadette Safe, Carmela Pestell, Hayley Passmore, Sharynne Hamilton, Helen shield, Emma Argiro, Candace Rainsford, Carmen Condon, Roslyn Giglia, Rochelle Watkins, Rhonda Marriot, Carol Bower
Prenatal alcohol exposure can contribute to long term adverse health outcomes. Development of the skeletal system begins at the early embryonic stage and continues into early adulthood but the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on skeletal growth is relatively unexplored in a clinical population. This study examines bone, fat, and muscle accrual in children and adolescents diagnosed with, or at risk of, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). By adolescence, those with FASD were shorter and had lower areal bone mineral density and lean tissue mass than typically developing peers. Overall, adolescents diagnosed with FASDs had greater odds of impairments to bone and body composition.
- Date:
- August 2022
- Journal name:
- Bone
- Authors:
- Sophia L. Young, Linda A. Gallo, Denise S.K. Brookes, Nicole Hayes, Maree Maloney, Karen Liddle, Amanda James, Karen M. Moritz, Natasha Reid
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
Recognition of FASD within Australia has continued to grow, particularly with the development of the Australian Diagnostic Guide, yet the availability of FASD-specific services continues to be limited. This paper presents the views and experiences of the six sites across Australia involved indeveloping a FASD Model of Care in their local area.
- Date:
- June 2022
- Journal name:
- Journal of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Authors:
- Kirsten R. Panton, James P. Fitzpatrick, Deepa Jeyaseelan, Sarah Hill, Carmela F. Pestell
The Australian Child Rights Taskforce considers the mistreatment and over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in youth detention to be a national crisis that requires urgent action. In 2020, the unequal positioning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia was shown by an incarceration rate that was 17 times higher than the incarceration rates of Australian youth of all other ethnicities combined. Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children represent only 6% of the Australian population aged 10–17 years, each day, on average they comprised 48% of those in youth detention. From age 10 years, the most vulnerable and marginalised young people in Australia, many with complex physical and mental health needs, disability needs, and social needs, are criminalised, punished, and removed from their family and community during crucial stages of their development.
- Date:
- June 2022
- Journal name:
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Authors:
- Lorelle Holland Andrew Smirnov Amy Hickman Maree Toombs Natasha Reid
Substance use during pregnancy is a major health issue for both the mother and the fetus, but it also represents an important public health concern.: The aim of this review was to summarize and compare recommendations from recently published guidelines on substance use during pregnancy and especially regarding alcohol, smoking, and drug use.
- Date:
- October 2021
- Journal name:
- Obstetrical & gynecological survey
- Authors:
- Ioannis Tsakiridis, Artemis Christina Oikonomidou, Dimitra Rafailia Bakaloudi, Themistoklis Dagklis, Georgios Papazisis, Michail Chourdakis