Tribal communities face critical challenges in identifying and addressing substance use by pregnant women. To address these challenges, tribal communities are developing innovative and culturally resonant approaches to address prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and prenatal substance exposure (PSE).”
- Adversity and Resilience Science
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“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching a new digital toolkit with shareable graphics and sample social media posts to help partners advocate for inclusion and accessibility in healthcare settings.
This toolkit includes information on how providers can make small changes in their practice to increase accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities and their families.”
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This episode of the podcast FASD Hope highlights “CAMP FASD with Nicholas Tassone (President and Co-Founder) and Emma Melendez-Scherer (Chief Administrative Officer). The purpose of CAMP FASD is to provide children with FASD a positive and safe environment in which to build skills that will assist them in everyday life.”
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This article is by Dr. Vincent C. Smith, Medical Director for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ FASD Program, who writes, “Screening for prenatal alcohol exposure is an essential function of the primary care medical home and the responsibility of all pediatricians.”
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“Taken together, to our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the impact of the pandemic in adults with FASD. And while it may be too soon to predict the long-term effects of the pandemic on mental health, our data suggest that it will be important that future work also takes into account how immune function may be modulating mental health outcomes in this population.”
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
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“Increased alcohol use among pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with autonomic nervous system dysregulation, known to negatively affect resilience to change and further exacerbate the risk of stress-related mental health disorders and substance use.”
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