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RESOURCES
Pregnancy and Substance Use:
From Research to Practice and Policy
A Live Stream Video Launch of 4 New Resources
to support service providers, women
researchers and health system planners
to prevent substance use in pregnancy
Thursday, September 11, 2008
10:00 - 11:15 am PST
Join the ActNow BC - Healthy Choices in Pregnancy team in person, or online, to learn about these resources. In Vancouver: Join us in person at the Chan Auditorium, Child and Family Research Institute at Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC. On the net: Click on this link to a live stream video presentation: Click Here
The 4 new resources are:
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Women and Alcohol: A Women’s Health Resource - Booklet (12 pages)
This booklet provides useful information about gendered effects of alcohol, risks associated with drinking by women, and recommended low risk drinking guidelines. The booklet was developed in collaboration with women with children with FASD, who identified the need for more information and support on drinking, as a women’s health issue.
Audience: Practitioners and women.
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Double Exposure A Better Practices Review on Alcohol Interventions during Pregnancy - Report (95 pages)
This report is a review of evidence from peer-reviewed literature on three types of interventions aimed at supporting women to reduce their use of alcohol in the childbearing years.
Audience: Practitioners, health system planners and researchers.
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Supporting Change: Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – A resource to support service providers in their work with women - DVD
This DVD includes short scenarios illustrating brief support with pregnant women at different readiness for change, and in different clinical and community settings. It also includes clips of experts summarizing best practice approaches and answering common questions.
Audience: Practitioners.
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Couples and Smoking: What you Need to Know When You are Pregnant - Booklet (20 pages)
A self-help booklet for pregnant women who smoke. This booklet shows how routines, habits, and ways of interacting within relationships influence smoking. Understanding how smoking is influenced by others and everyday routines is an important first step in changing smoking behaviours.
Audience: Practitioners, women, couples.
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