FASD Primary Prevention Study: 1992 - 1997    

A 5-year CDC-sponsored FAS primary prevention study was conducted in Washington State in 1992-1997 to:
  1. 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).

  2. Generate a comprehensive, lifetime profile of these women as a first step in development of intervention programs to meet their needs.

  3. 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:

  1. PowerPoint Slide show of key outcomes.

  2. Final Report submitted to the CDC (675 KB, 193 pp.).

  3. 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.