Next Steps in FASD Primary Prevention

Thurmeier, Robin; Deshpande, Sameer; Lavack, Anne M.; Agrey, Noreen; Cismaru, Magdalena

doi:10.1002/9783527632510.ch10

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“…Few prevention activities targeting Indigenous people have been evaluated. After identifying 170 FASD related prevention projects in Canada, Salmon and Clarren [ 18 ] reported that “virtually none” had been assessed, and another review identified only three published evaluations of FASD interventions [ 19 ]. Similarly, in Australia over 60 PAE and FASD prevention and health promotion resources culturally appropriate for use with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were identified [ 20 ] but few have published peer-reviewed evaluations.…”

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A systematic review of prevention interventions to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in indigenous communities

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BackgroundFetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a preventable, lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. FASD negatively impacts individual Indigenous communities around the world. Although many prevention interventions have been developed and implemented, they have not been adequately evaluated. This systematic review updates the evidence for the effectiveness of FASD prevention interventions in Indigenous/Aboriginal populations internationally, and in specific populations in North America and New Zealand, and offers recommendations for future work.MethodThe MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL Plus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, SocINDEX, and Informit databases were searched from inception to 22/08/2017 for all prevention and intervention papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, with results, targeting prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD in Indigenous populations. This review was limited to studies published in English and excluded interventions focusing on the workforce. All steps were completed independently by two reviewers with discrepancies resolved via consensus with the senior author.ResultsThere was significant heterogeneity in the ten included studies. Populations targeted included non-pregnant women of child-bearing age, pregnant women, school children and the general public. Study designs included one randomised controlled trial, five cohort studies with pre-post design, one cross-sectional study with different pre- and post-intervention groups, and four studies collected post-intervention data. Studies assessed changes in knowledge, and/or changes in risk for prenatal alcohol exposure including self-reported alcohol consumption, use of birth control or a combination of both. One study was conducted in Australia and nine in the US. The methodological quality of all studies was rated as ‘Poor’ using the systematic review assessment tools developed by The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Studies were subject to substantial bias due to issues such as high loss to follow-up, lack of control groups and the reliance on self-report measures to assess the main outcome.ConclusionOverall, there is little evidence that previous interventions aiming to reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD in Indigenous populations have been effective. Future intervention studies should address the cultural factors and historical context that are fundamental to successful work with Indigenous populations, and be designed, implemented and evaluated using rigorous methods.This systematic review was registered with PROSPERO, CRD42018086212.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-6139-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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