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Major conference tackles FASD from the head and the heartHundreds of delegates from around Australia, Canada and New Zealand arrive in Perth this week to discuss the latest knowledge about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) at the 2nd Australasian FASD Conference 2018.
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Determinants of prenatal alcohol exposure among Aboriginal women in the Pilbara: Developing a statistically validated model of prenatal alcohol consumption for evidence based intervention developmentInvestigators: Dave Tucker (PhD candidate), Associate Professor Roz Walker, Dr Martyn Symonds, Dr Nyanda McBride The overarching aim of the proposed
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Fetal alcohol exposure, nutritional status and epigenetic disruption – exploring the linksAlexander David Martyn Larcombe Martino Symons BScEnv (Hons) PhD BSc PhD B.A. (Hons) PhD. Honorary Research Fellow Head, Chronic Diseases Research
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Making FASD History: A multi-site prevention programInvestigators: Elizabeth Connor, James Fitzpatrick, Rebecca Pedruzzi Project partners: Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Mercy Services,
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Infant feeding practices and childhood acute leukemia: Findings from the Childhood Cancer & Leukemia International ConsortiumIncreasing evidence suggests that breastfeeding may protect from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia. However, most studies have limited their analyses to any breastfeeding, and only a few data have examined exclusive breastfeeding, or other exposures such as formula milk.
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RE-AIM evaluation of a teacher-delivered programme to improve the self-regulation of children attending Australian Aboriginal community primary schoolsBenefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment
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Maternal Alcohol-Use Disorder and Child OutcomesThe effects of maternal alcohol-use disorder are experienced by the majority of exposed children rather than a vulnerable subgroup of this population
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Working towards a shared framework in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders in Australia: A Gap AnalysisAmy Andrew Carol Jacinta Videos Finlay-Jones Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Bower Freeman BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (
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Association between male genital anomalies and adult male reproductive disorders: a population-based data linkage study spanning more than 40 yearsUndescended testes is associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer and male infertility, and decreased paternity
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSupports healthcare professionals to understand how to make a diagnosis of FASD and to provide support for those diagnosed with FASD