New Alcohol and Pregnancy Resource for Health Professionals

Alcohol Healthwatch in association with the University of Otago Wellington, is pleased to announce the arrival of the Pregnancy and Alcohol Cessation Toolkit (PACT), an online resource to assist the many New Zealand healthcare professionals who say they don’t feel adequately trained to discuss alcohol use with their pregnant patients. For further information view the PACT media release (pdf).

Alcohol Healthwatch has released a special edition newsletter News & Views Special Edition covering alcohol and pregnancy matters including a commentary on progress toward alcohol warning labelling and a summary of the 2011 FASD Awareness Day.

Interested in knowing more about the effects of drinking alcohol during pregnancy?

The Online Guide to Making Responsible Decisions about Drinking during Pregnancy

is a great way to learn. Choose whether to get Just the Facts, Play a Game, or Follow a Story.

Click on the picture to view.

Fifth National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Social Justice – Moving Forward April 18–21, 2012 The Hyatt Regency Vancouver, British Columbia

This conference will provide a forum to share research, experience and practice in order to discuss how we can effectively sustain and enhance the lives of adolescents and adults with FASD, their families, service providers, and communities. How do we provide focused and targeted approaches across services, and systems to create an integrated and collaborative approach to supporting individuals with FASD?

These are the essential elements for social justice and we are just starting to explore and understand what will be required to put these into action.

For further information, a downloadable advance notice, or to submit an abstract, please visit our website or contact 604-827-3112 or via e-mail.

Abstracts are being accepted until September 14, 2011.