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Messages that increase women's intentions to abstain from alcohol during pregnancyPublic awareness-raising campaigns targeting alcohol use during pregnancy are an important part of preventing prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD.
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Promoting abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy: Implications from formative researchThis research developed messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy and identified elements that enhance message persuasiveness.
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Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia.Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are underdiagnosed in Australia, and health professionals have endorsed the need for national guidelines for diagnosis.
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Maternal Alcohol Use and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Infant Mortality Excluding SIDSThe highest risk of SIDS occurred when a maternal alcohol diagnosis was recorded during pregnancy or within 1 year postpregnancy.
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Descriptive epidemiology of cleft lip and cleft palate in Western AustraliaThese data provide a picture of the prevalence of OFCs in WA since 1980, and provide a useful reference for OFC data in Australia and internationally.
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Off-label use of ondansetron in pregnancy in Western AustraliaThere is an increasing trend to prescribe ondansetron although its safety for use in pregnancy has not been established.
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Independent effects of socioeconomic status and place of residence on the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Western AustraliaTo analyze the incidence of type 1 diabetes in 0- to 14-year olds in Western Australia, from 1985 to 2002, by region and socioeconomic status.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Knowledge, attitudes, experiences and practices of the Western Australian youth custodial workforceThis study aims to establish the current knowledge, attitudes, experiences and practices regarding FASD and other neurodevelopmental impairments among youth custodial officers
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Fine motor skills in a population of children in remote Australia with high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorderwe aim to create a profile of fine motor skills in a cohort of WA children; determine whether these differed in children with PAE or FASD and prevalence.
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Behavior in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Remote Australia: A Population-Based StudyChildren with FASD have more teacher-reported behavioral impairment than children without FASD. In remote Australian communities, academic performance is poor.