Publications

There is evidence to suggest that earlier initiation to alcohol increases the rate and severity of alcohol consumption. However, this often overlooks the fact that earlier initiation also means a longer drinking history. This paper estimated differences in patterns of alcohol use and harm across adolescence and early adulthood, allowing for the fact that the patterns over time may differ depending on the age at which initiation occurred.

The exploration of awareness and knowledge on FASD amongst the Noongar people in the Southwest region of Western Australia (WA) was the focus of this research. FASD is a neurodevelopmental disability caused by prenatal alcohol exposure resulting in lifelong disabilities impacting children, families, kinship caregivers, foster carers, and communities.

The aim of this study is to determine the predictive relationship between evidence-based screening tools and neurodevelopmental outcomes in Australian First Nations infants.

This scoping review aimed to identify and analyze publications that explore how alcohol use in pregnancy and FASD have been portrayed in the international media across two decades.

This study investigates how the health beliefs, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and intentions of expectant male partners in Australia regarding exercise, diet, and alcohol avoidance before conception predict their actual preconception health behaviours.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and disadvantage create barriers to wellbeing and help-seeking. This article explores the behavioural and cognitive implications of FASD for Australian children and adolescents in the justice system and primary, secondary and tertiary crime prevention strategies. There is a clear intersection between FASD, crime and incarceration. FASD includes a range of cognitive, behavioural and neurodevelopmental impairments that increase the likelihood of contact with the justice system. Children and adolescents (10–18 years) with undiagnosed FASD are often misunderstood. Without a diagnosis, opportunities for early intervention to prevent children and adolescents from entering the youth justice system are missed.