Thursday, March 2, 2017

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Mackenzie

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B9 - Making FASD History: FASD Diagnosis, Prevention and Interventions – Evaluating and Scaling Up Successful Models in Remote Australian Communities Martyn Symons, James Fitzpatrick, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Kaashifah Bruce, Bree Wagner The multi-strategy community led approach to FASD in the Fitzroy Valley has shown that strong partnerships between communities and researchers can achieve significant results and provides a blueprint for successful implementation by other communities (Pilbara FASD Strategy). A background overview, followed by evaluations of prevention, diagnosis, and intervention research will be presented. Learning Objectives: 1. Overview the methods for a multi-level, culturally appropriate, community-led strategic approach to overcoming FASD within a remote Indigenous community – including prevention, intervention, diagnosis and support 2. Understand the key results of an evaluation of the community approach in different areas: Prevention (Systematic review, Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices survey, alcohol consumption during pregnancy). Intervention (AlertProgram® Pilot Study). Diagnosis (PATCHES multi-disciplinary clinics, survey of caregiver experiences and opinions) 3. Learn how the strategies can be translated to a new site with examples from Pilbara communities in Australia including future therapeutic family support