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FASD Hub Australia

The FASD Hub brings together the latest evidence-based content about alcohol, pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Australia.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the Australian Education System: Knowledge, attitudes, needs, and practices

Amy Carol Finlay-Jones Bower BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Head, Early

Commentary: Folate and neural tube defects-the influence of Smithells et al. on research and policy in the Antipodes

We wanted to embark on an epidemiological research project that would contribute new knowledge and, at the same time, might prove the value of the registry...

Paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources about prevention

The study aims to provide paediatricians in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about the prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal...

The relationship between MECP2 mutation type and health status and service use trajectories over time in a Rett syndrome population

This study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation...

Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources

We provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...

Researchers' experience with project management in health and medical research: Results from a post-project review

Project management is widely used to deliver projects on time, within budget and of defined quality

Collaborating with consumer and community representatives in health and medical research in Australia:

The objective of this tudy was to collaborate with consumer and community representatives in the Alcohol and Pregnancy Project from 2006-2008

Measuring use and cost of health sector and related care in a population of girls and young women with Rett syndrome

This study measured use and cost of health sector and related services in Rett syndrome and effects of socio-demographic, clinical severity and genetic factors

Autism and intellectual disability are differentially related to sociodemographic background at birth

We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children...