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    Alcohol Use during Pregnancy: Considerations for Australian Policy

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    Open access
    Authors
    McBride, Nyanda
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    McBride, N. 2014. Alcohol Use during Pregnancy: Considerations for Australian Policy. Social Work in Public Health. 29 (6): pp. 540-548.
    Source Title
    Social Work in Public Health
    DOI
    10.1080/19371918.2014.890150
    ISSN
    1937-1918
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
    Remarks

    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Social Work in Public Health, 2014, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19371918.2014.890150">http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19371918.2014.890150</a>

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24163
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Although there is an extensive recorded history of concerns related to alcohol exposed pregnancies and possible outcomes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in recent scientific literature, Australia has only recently begun to accurately or systematically diagnose and record these conditions, or to provide comprehensive, coordinated, policy-guided funding, prevention, and treatment. This article discusses some considerations that can guide policy development within the Australian context including the social context and determinates of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the need to consider the issue as one that goes beyond the decision making of individual women. The article also identifies the contribution of research to guide evidence-based policy development, including emerging evidence of epigenetics, and systematic reviews for prevention. Other policy considerations include costs, and the possibility of the prevention paradox applying to this field, with its associated impact on costs and focus of prevention.

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