Risk factors for out‐of‐home custody child care among families with alcohol and substance abuse problems

Sarkola, Taisto; Kahila, Hanna; Gissler, Mika; Halmesmäki, Erja

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00474.x

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“…Not only have they been exposed to a hazardous teratogen during prenatal development, jeopardizing brain development, but they are also often born into families where at least one parent continues to abuse alcohol. Many of the children experience non-optimal rearing environments and may at some stage be separated from their parents and placed in foster homes or residential care [6]. In absolute numbers, the FASD group is substantial: prenatal alcohol exposure is considered a leading cause of intellectual disability in the western world, more common than, for example, Down's syndrome or Cerebral Palsy [7, 8].…”

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Adaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a comparison with specific learning disability and typical development

Fagerlund

Autti‐Rämö

Kalland

et al. 2012

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is a leading cause of intellectual disability in the western world. Children and adolescents with FASD are often exposed to a double burden in life, as their neurological sequelae are accompanied by adverse living surroundings exposing them to further environmental risk. In the present study, the adaptive abilities of a group of children and adolescents with FASD were examined using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) and compared to those of a group of IQ-matched children with specific learning disorder (SLD) as well as with typically developing controls (CON). The results showed significantly different adaptive abilities among the groups: Children with FASD performed worse than IQ-matched children with SLD, who in turn performed worse than typically developing children on all domains (communication, daily living skills and socialization) on the VABS. Compared to the other groups, social skills declined with age in the FASD group. These results support previous studies of adaptive behaviour deficits in children with FASD and provide further evidence of the specificity of these deficits. On a societal level, more efforts and resources should be focused on recognizing and diagnosing FASD and supporting communication skills, daily living skills and most of all social skills across diagnostic groups within FASD. Without adequate intervention, adolescents and young adults with FASD run a great risk of marginalization and social maladjustment, costly not only to society but also to the lives of the many young people with FASD.

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Adaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a comparison with specific learning disability and typical development

Fagerlund

Autti‐Rämö

Kalland

et al. 2012

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Examples of the other missing data include migrant background and substance abuse. Recent studies show that the percentages of women of migrant origin as well as women with alcohol or drug-related problems have increased in Finland 15 16. Some migrant groups have increased risks for poor perinatal outcomes.…”

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“…For example, women of African origin have higher perinatal mortality rates than other migrant groups or women of Finnish origin 15. Also, parturients with a substance abuse problem during pregnancy have increased risks for poorer perinatal outcomes than parturients in general 16. Most of the women in these two groups are classified in the group Others in the MBR, since they are often out of the labour market.…”

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Trends in socioeconomic differences in Finnish perinatal health 1991-2006

Gissler

Rahkonen

Arntzen

et al. 2009

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…The number of children living in the out-of-home custody child care has been increasing in recent years [17]. The main reasons for this are adversities in the household, like mental and substance abuse problems, violence, and poor parenting [18]. …”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Binge Drinking and Drunkenness in Middle-Aged Finnish Men

Kauhanen

Leino

Lakka

et al. 2011

Advances in Preventive Medicine

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Objective. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking and drunkenness in adulthood using both historical and recalled data from childhood. Methods. Data on childhood adverse experiences were collected from school health records and questionnaires completed in adulthood. Adulthood data were obtained from the baseline examinations of the male participants (n = 2682) in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD) in 1984–1989 from eastern Finland. School health records from the 1930s to 1950s were available for a subsample of KIHD men (n = 952). Results. According to the school health records, men who had adverse childhood experiences had a 1.51-fold (95% CI 1.05 to 2.18) age- and examination-year adjusted odds of binge drinking in adulthood. After adjustment for socioeconomic position in adulthood or behavioural factors in adulthood, the association remained unchanged. Adjustment for socioeconomic position in childhood attenuated these effects. Also the recalled data showed associations with adverse childhood experiences and binge drinking with different beverages. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that childhood adversities are associated with increased risk of binge drinking in adulthood.

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Risk factors for out‐of‐home custody child care among families with alcohol and substance abuse problems

Abstract: There is a substantial risk of children born to mothers with significant alcohol and/or substance abuse related problems for out-of-home care during early childhood. Factors identified during the pre- and perinatal period are associated with this risk.

Cited by 53 publications

References 17 publications

Adaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a comparison with specific learning disability and typical development

Adaptive behaviour in children and adolescents with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a comparison with specific learning disability and typical development

Trends in socioeconomic differences in Finnish perinatal health 1991-2006

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Binge Drinking and Drunkenness in Middle-Aged Finnish Men

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