Aboriginal women in the remote Fitzroy Valley region in Western Australia's Kimberley were
concerned about high rates of alcohol use in pregnancy and its possible impact on child …

Introduction Anecdotal reports suggest that high-risk drinking in pregnancy is common in
some remote Australian communities. Alcohol is teratogenic and may cause a range of …

Objective: Over the past four decades the international community has sought to clarify the
risks associated with maternal alcohol use and the associated disability of Fetal Alcohol …

Background A battery of clinical assessments was used in the Lililwan* Project, Australia's
first population-based Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) prevalence study …

Abstract Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a preventable, lifelong disability that
disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This review provides …

OVERVIEW his chapter begins with a description of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
and examples of reported prevalence of FASD in the international context. It then draws on …

MJA 199 (1)· 8 July 2013 13 action research action research methods are used, as has been
done with Inuit communities in Nunavut in Canada, 8 the use and success of services are …

Objective Aboriginal leaders in remote Western Australian communities with high rates of
prenatal alcohol exposure invited researchers to evaluate the community‐led Marulu foetal …

Introduction The population-based (Lililwan) study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
revealed a high prevalence of FASD in the remote communities of the Fitzroy Valley …

Objective: Aboriginal leaders concerned about high rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder (FASD) in the Fitzroy Valley, remote north‐western Australia, introduced restrictions …