Friday, March 3, 2017

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Salon 2

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D5 - Why FASD Epidemiology Research in the General Population of South Africa Really Matters: Two Decades of Research on FASD and the General Human Condition Philip A. May, H. Eugene Hoyme, Wendy Kalberg, Anna-Susan Marais, Marlene de Vries Introduced by NIAAA, epidemiology project researchers will present findings from 20 years of FASD studies in South Africa. Topics will include: unique physical and neurobehavioral findings on children with FASD; interventions to improve lives; specific drinking patterns and risk for FASD; breastfeeding and alcohol; and a possible male contribution to FASD outcomes. Learning Objectives: 1. Gain knowledge about the highlights of a longitudinal study of children with FASD and normal controls from birth through five years of age 2. Describe highlights of interventions being pursued in South Africa with large numbers of school children and in special intervention trials 3. Examine an overview of the maternal risk factors for FASD that are characteristic in South African study communities and the research findings regarding nutrition, breastfeeding, and the role of a father’s pre-conceptual drinking in the severity of FASD in the South African context