ReviewInternational journal of women's health2016
Fetal alcohol-spectrum disorders: identifying at-risk mothers.
Review in International journal of women's health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Universal and Primary Prevention of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): A Systematic Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2022Pooled it
- Forty Years of Assessing Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Infants: What Have We Learned?Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Pooled it
- Clinical Features of Typically Developing Children with and without Prenatal Alcohol Exposure.The Journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Maternal and paternal risk factors associated with diagnoses within the continuum of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the USA: Proximal and distal influences.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Maternal risk factors for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Distal variables.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Alcohol consumption during pregnancy by women from southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2024Article
- Screening for Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: a Review of Current Practices and Perspectives.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2023Article
- Prenatal alcohol exposure can be determined from baby teeth: Proof of concept.Birth defects research · 2022Article
- The challenges and pitfalls of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevalence studies.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Association Between Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Tobacco and Neonatal Brain Activity: Results From the Safe Passage Study.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- The Standardization of Diagnostic Criteria for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Implications for Research, Clinical Practice and Population Health.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019Article
- Prenatal alcohol exposure prevalence as measured by direct ethanol metabolites in meconium in a Native American tribe of the southwest.Birth defects research · 2019Article
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - diagnostic difficulties in the neonatal period and new diagnostic approaches.Developmental period medicine · 2019Review
- FASD and ADHD: Are they related and How?BMC psychiatry · 2016Article
- Managing Maternal Substance Use in the Perinatal Period: Current Concerns and Treatment Approaches in the United States and Australia.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2016Review
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Abstract
Fetal alcohol-spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a collection of physical and neurobehavioral disabilities caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. To prevent or mitigate the costly effects of FASD, we must identify mothers at risk for having a child with FASD, so that we may reach them with interventions. Identifying mothers at risk is beneficial at all time points, whether prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy, or following the birth of the child. In this review, three approaches to identifying mothers at risk are explored: using characteristics of the mother and her pregnancy, using laboratory biomarkers, and using self-report assessment of alcohol-consumption risk. At present, all approaches have serious limitations. Research is needed to improve the sensitivity and specificity of biomarkers and screening instruments, and to link them to outcomes as opposed to exposure. Universal self-report screening of all women of childbearing potential should ideally be incorporated into routine obstetric and gynecologic care, followed by brief interventions, including education and personalized feedback for all who consume alcohol, and referral to treatment as indicated. Effective biomarkers or combinations of biomarkers may be used during pregnancy and at birth to determine maternal and fetal alcohol exposure. The combination of self-report and biomarker screening may help identify a greater proportion of women at risk for having a child with FASD, allowing them to access information and treatment, and empowering them to make decisions that benefit their children.
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