The effectiveness of a community-based intervention program for women at-risk for giving birth to a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
| Autor: | Kennedy Denys, Dorothy Badry, Therese Grant, Carmen Rasmussen, Katrina Kully-Martens, Katy Wyper, Dorothy Henneveld |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Community-Based Participatory Research Health (social science) Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Birth control Alberta Young Adult Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Humans Psychiatry media_common Retrospective Studies Community based intervention business.industry Mentors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support medicine.disease Mental health Community Mental Health Services Substance abuse Pregnancy Complications Psychiatry and Mental health Contraception Treatment Outcome Sexual abuse Socioeconomic Factors Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Female business Welfare Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Community mental health journal. 48(1) |
| ISSN: | 1573-2789 |
| Popis: | The goal of this study was to determine whether the First Steps program (modeled after the Parent–Child Assistance Program) resulted in improved outcomes among women at-risk for giving birth to a child with FASD. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data on 70 participants in the First Steps program. Clients were high risk and faced many life challenges, including: being on welfare, substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse as children, mental health issues, criminal activity, and unplanned pregnancies. We found a significant increase in birth control use and decrease in welfare rates from pre- to post-program. At program exit, many participants were abstinent from alcohol and/or drugs and the majority did not experience a subsequent pregnancy. Clients also showed significant increases in goals and decreases in needs from pre-to post-program. The First Steps program demonstrated promising outcomes for women at-risk for giving birth to a child with FASD. |
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