Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
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The alcohol fact-sheets series presents basic concepts about alcohol and health. This factsheet defines and describes fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, their consequences throughout life and the importance to recognize them. It also highlights actions for diagnosis, interventions and to raise awareness on the topic, as well as key recommendations to the target audience.
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Pan American Health Organization; Family, Health Promotion and Life Course (FPL); Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH); Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología, Salud de la Mujer y Reproductiva (CLAP) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-05-29)Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) represent a range of physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities caused by alcohol use during pregnancy, or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). FASDs are considered to be one of the ...
Pan American Health Organization; Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) (Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2021-10-29)This fact sheet summarizes the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It explains the term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), and lists the problems they can cause, for example, birth defects, brain ...
Actual and predicted prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic literature review and meta-analysis Lange, Shannon; Probst, Charlotte; Heer, Navrose; Roerecke, Michael; Rehm, Jürgen; Monteiro, Maristela G.; Shield, Kevin; Oliveira, Claire de; Popova, Svetlana (2017-05)Objective. To estimate the prevalence of alcohol consumption during pregnancy among the general population of Latin America and the Caribbean, by country, in 2012. Methods. Three steps were taken: a comprehensive, ...