A 5-year CDC-sponsored FAS primary prevention study was conducted in Washington State in 1992-1997 to:
- Assess the feasibility of using a FAS Diagnostic and Prevention Clinic as a center for identifying and targeting primary intervention to high-risk women (namely, women who had given birth to a child with FAS).
- Generate a comprehensive, lifetime profile of these women as a first step in development of intervention programs to meet their needs.
- Identify factors that enhanced and hindered their ability to achieve abstinence and practice effective family planning.
The methods and results of this study are presented below:
- PowerPoint Slide show of key outcomes.
- Final Report submitted to the CDC (675 KB, 193 pp.).
- Two published papers:
Astley SJ, Bailey D, Talbot T, Clarren SK. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) primary prevention through FAS diagnosis: I. Identification of high-risk birth mothers through the diagnosis of their children. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 2000; (35)5:499-508.
Astley SJ, Bailey D, Talbot T, Clarren SK. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) primary prevention through FAS diagnosis: II. A comprehensive profile of 80 birth mothers of children with FAS. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 2000; (35)5:509-519.
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