Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise FACE Research Roundtable International FAS Day Sept 2002

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Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise (FACE)
Research RoundtableInternational FAS Day - Sept
2002

• Christine A. Loock, MD, FRCPC
• Associate Professor, UBC
• CCSA Board FAS NAC Member, BC FAS Provincial
  Medical Consultant,

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Pediatrician
The Pediatricians Dilemma
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Todays Goals for Research Roundtable

• Overview of current Canadian FAS research
  (Awareness, At-Risk , Affected, Basic Science)
• Discuss trends in nomenclature (FASD)
• Interventions for women at risk
• Standardizing FAS diagnosis and reporting (Health
  Canada)
• Telediagnosis
• BCs HSR (Vital Statistics) UW DPN 4 Digit Code
  
• Education and Training UBC Curricula
  Provincial Initiatives March of Dimes CD ROM
  training
• Basic Science Anti-oxidants Meconium Screening
• BC Initiatives and Recap

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YELLOW POINT
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Take Home Points

• My role in closing todays Roundtable
• Stand Up, Speak up, Shut up
• IT TAKES A COMMUNITY
• Every child needs a family
• Every mom needs a mom
• Every person needs a community

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Guiding Principles

• Respect
• Understanding
• Compassion
• Hope

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Bottom Line
Common Expensive Preventable
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FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome (FAS)

• Brain
• Growth
• Facial features

Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) Partial FAS
Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
(ARND)
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Prevention requires Coordination
Research
Intervention
Education Training
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PREVENTION STRATAGIES
AWARENESS (primary)
AFFECTED (tertiary)
AT-RISK (secondary)
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In the beginning (of our FAS work ) Early 1990s
The Scream, Edvard Munch
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If you drink, dont screw or if you screw,
dont drink! MOD 1996
Or if you do, please use effective contraception!
CL 2002
from Time 2002
Who is at risk?
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1895
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Whos at higher risk? Remember the 10 Ps !

• poverty
• poor prenatal care
• poor nutrition and health
• poly-drug use
• prostitution (sex trade)
• parent, partner, peer problems (AD)
• psychiatric concerns ( mood, anxiety, thought
  disorders)
• prior abuse (childhood sexual/- physical)

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Mother Baby Diad

• Issues around Mothering and Substance Abuse

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ACCOUNTABILITY
AWARENESS
AFFECTED
AT-RISK
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Guiding Principles

• Respect
• Understanding
• Compassion
• Hope

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Bottom Line
Common Expensive Preventable
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