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- Title: Do Canadian Prenatal Record Forms Integrate Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Diagnosis of a FASD?(QUALITATIVE Research) (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 333 KB
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Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy can have a devastating lifelong impact on the developing fetus. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) refers to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and all other diagnoses (e.g., Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE), Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) which define the continuum of effects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. (1) FAS represents the most severe spectrum of preventable disabilities and is characterized by growth deficiency, dysmorphology, and a complex pattern of behavioural and cognitive difficulties. (2-4) Prevalence rates of FASD reported in the literature, which includes the diagnosis of FAS, are mere estimates and vary based on methods used, for instance, passive surveillance, clinic-based studies, and active case ascertainment. (5) The Canadian prevalence rate for a FASD is believed to be about 9 per 1000 with an estimated 3,000 babies being born each year with a FASD. (6) Higher rates of full FAS have been reported among the offspring of chronically alcoholic women (25 per 10,000), (7) and the rate of FAS across isolated North American Aboriginal populations may vary up to 100-fold. (8,9) Prenatal alcohol exposure exacts a heavy burden of psychological, emotional and financial costs to the affected individual, their caregivers and society. (10-13) The estimated direct costs and productivity losses for an individual with FAS/FAE from birth to 65 years is $844,066. (14) Given a rate of 1 FASD case per 100 pregnancies, the annual cost of FASD is estimated at $4 billion. (15)
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