Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD: Who is responsible?

The perfect complementation to "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder" this title for the first time gives a complete overview of prevention strategies of FADS and their effectiveness on a global scale. A real Must–Have for everyone involved in decisions about FADS prevention measures.

Spis treści:
Preface.
List of Contributors.
1 Introduction (Sterling Clarren, Amy Salmon, and Egon Jonsson).
1.1 The Content of This Book.
1.2 What is FASD?
1.3 How Common is FASD?
1.4 What is the Economic Burden of FASD?
1.5 Approaches to FASD Prevention.
1.6 FASD Prevention in Aboriginal Communities.
1.7 Main obstacles to Preventing FASD.
1.8 Challenges in Measuring Effectiveness of FASD Prevention Initiatives.
1.9 Who is Responsible for the Prevention of FASD?
2 An Overview of Systematic Reviews on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Maria Ospina, Carmen Moga, Liz Dennett, and Christa Harstall).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Objective and Scope.
2.3 Methodological Approach.
2.4 Results.
2.5 Discussion.
2.6 Conclusions.
3 A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Prevention Approaches for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Maria Ospina, Carmen Moga, Liz Dennett, and Christa Harstall).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Objective and Scope.
3.3 Methodological Approach.
3.4 Studies on the Effectiveness of FASD Preventive Approaches.
3.5 Evidence on the Effectiveness of Universal Prevention Approaches for FASD.
3.6 Evidence on the Effectiveness of Selective Prevention Approaches for FASD.
3.7 Evidence on the Effectiveness of Indicated Prevention Approaches for FASD.
3.8 Discussion.
3.9 Conclusions.
4 Five Perspectives on Prevention of FASD (Lola Baydala, Robin Thurmeier, June Bergman, Nancy Whitney, and Amy Salmon).
4.1 Pre–Conception Initiatives.
4.2 Invent ory of Primary Prevention Campaigns.
4.3 Primary Care Physician Perspective.
4.4 Mentoring Programs for At–Risk Mothers PCAP Studies Cited.
4.5 Strength and Support: A Women’s Perspective.
Appendices.
Abbreviations.
Glossary.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Sterling Clarren is CEO and Scientific Director of the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics.
Amy Salmon, PhD is the Managing Director of the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, and holds research appointments with the Women?s Health
Research Institute, the Centre for Addictions Research of BC, and the University of Victoria.
Egon Jonsson is director and CEO of the Institute of Health Economics, and professor at the University of Alberta, public health sciences. For 20 years he was a professor of health economics at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He was also director of the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), worked for WHO Euro, and was a health policy advisor at the ministry of health in Hanoi, Vietnam. He has co–edited two successful Wiley–VCH titles during his time at SBU: "Treating and Preventing Obesity" and "Treating Alcohol and Drug Abuse".