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Report from the CDC. Physician and allied health professionals' training and fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Source :
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Journal of women's health (2002) [J Womens Health (Larchmt)] 2004 Mar; Vol. 13 (2), pp. 133-9. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Maternal prenatal alcohol use is one of the leading preventable causes of birth defects and developmental disabilities. On the severe end of the spectrum of conditions related to drinking during pregnancy is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Physicians and other health practitioners play a critical role in diagnosing FAS and in screening women of childbearing age for alcohol use during pregnancy. The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Team at CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities awarded funds to four medical school partners (Meharry and Morehouse Medical Colleges, St. Louis University, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the University of California at Los Angeles) to develop FAS regional training centers (RTCs). The RTCs are developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating educational curricula for medical and allied health students and practitioners that incorporate evidence-based diagnostic guidelines for FAS and other prenatal alcohol-related disorders.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Alcoholism prevention & control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. standards
Clinical Competence
Ethanol adverse effects
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications prevention & control
United States
Allied Health Occupations standards
Education, Medical, Continuing
Family Practice standards
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders prevention & control
Inservice Training
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1540-9996
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of women's health (2002)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15072726
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/154099904322966100