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Evaluation of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies: Thirty-five years of surveillanceThe birth defects component of the Western Australian Register for Developmental Anomalies (WARDA-BD) was evaluated to assess its efficiency, effectiveness, and data quality
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A partnership between researchers and breastfeeding advocates to support safe alcohol consumption during breastfeedingAustralian Breastfeeding Association partnership with a breastfeeding researcher to develop an education resource for Australian women on drinking in pregnancy
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New Opportunities for Evidence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderRecent research, using objective 3-dimensional facial imaging, has found differences between the facial shape of individuals with FAS and the facial shape of individuals without FAS or with partial FAS
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Patterns of Alcohol Intake of Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Western AustraliaThis paper will present the first alcohol consumption data of pregnant and breastfeeding women living in rural Western Australia
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Microcephaly in Australian infants: A retrospective auditThe aim of this study was to describe clinical characteristics, outcomes and causes of microcephaly in children whose condition was identified within the first year of life.
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‘We do what we can as soon as we can’ Alcohol and Other Drug workforce perspectives on preventing and responding to prenatal alcohol exposureEvidence based strategies are needed to enhance the ability of the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) sector to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and harms including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). In Australia FASD prevention research has largely focused on primary care and child development sectors, while little research has been conducted with AOD services providing comprehensive support to high risk women.
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Bigiswun Kid Project: a longitudinal study of adolescents living with high rates of prenatal alcohol exposure, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and early life trauma in remote Australian Aboriginal communitiesThe Lililwan Project was the first Australian population-based prevalence study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) using active case ascertainment. Conducted in 2010-2011, the study included 95% of all eligible children aged 7-9 years living in the very remote Aboriginal communities of the Fitzroy Valley, Western Australia.
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Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the risk of orofacial clefts in Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisThis paper evaluated the association between maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy and the occurrence of cleft lip and palates in infants by...
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A study of handling cytotoxic drugs and risk of birth defects in offspring of female veterinariansThis paper examined the association of occupational exposure to handling cytotoxic drugs at work with risk of birth defects among a cohort of female...
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Feed Safe: A multidisciplinary partnership approach results in a successful mobile application for breastfeeding mothersMultidisciplinary partnership models are important in the development of health promotion mobile applications