Get Enough Folic Acid: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Folic acid can prevent birth defects of the baby’s brain or spine if a woman takes it before and during pregnancy.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
ABC's...Pregnancy Tips (A-Z)
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Not all birth defects can be prevented, but a woman can take some actions that increase her chance of having a healthy baby.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
Birth Defects 
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This consumer information document provides general information on the various types of birth defects and includes causes, detection and diagnosis, treatment and prevention.... Details >
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation |
Birth Defects (CDC)
This page links to information on fetal alcohol syndrome, folic acid, smoking, medications, and genetics and the role they play in birth defects.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
Birth Defects (NICHD)
This document provides information on the causes of, types of, and treatments for birth defects.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
Birth Defects: Genetics
Learn about genetic factors and genetic disorders and the prevention of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and other unique conditions in children.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Resource List – American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian
This list provides Native families, providers, and community members with information, resources, and services related to the prevention and treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) availa... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevention Activities
This web page highlights CDC's partnership with state health departments and universities for the purpose of identifying FAS cases and developing prevention programs.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
Healthy Babies Strong Futures: How Native Men Can Help Pregnant Women Be Alcohol Free
Whether you are a husband, a partner, a relative, or a friend of a woman of childbearing age, you can help give her the support, encouragement, and information she may need to have a healthy baby. Thi... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
How to Help Your Family Member or Friend Be an Alcohol-Free Mother-To-Be: Tips for Native Men
Native men can have an important role in preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), mild to severe development problems that may affect a fetus when a woman drinks during pregnancy. ... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
How to Help Yourself, Your Family Member, or Friend Be an Alcohol-Free Mother-To-Be: Tips for Native Women
Native women can help themselves and others have alcohol-free pregnancies and prevent “fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” (FASD), mild to severe problems affecting a baby that include lifelong physical... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
Make Your Community Stronger: How You Can Promote Alcohol-Free Pregnancy
This information helps define fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and provides strategies for Native community members to use to promote alcohol-free pregnancies.... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page
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The mission of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, birth defects, disability, and death resulting from i... Details >
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Preventing Birth Defects - CDC
Although we do not know the cause of most birth defects, the good news is that we know how to prevent some birth defects. Learn what you can do during your pregnancy to help prevent birth defects.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
The Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction CERHR web site is your resource for the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and devel... Details >
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health |
The Power of Our Youth: Help Your Communities Have Healthy Babies
This brochure for Native adolescents explains what FASD is and how preventing it can make a community stronger. It encourages adolescents to learn more about FASD and to share information with others ... Details >
SAMHSA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence |
Tips For Preventing Birth Defects
Approximately 150,000 children are born every year in the United States affected by one or more birth defects. Although the cause of over 60% of birth defects are not known, there are things that you ... Details >
American Pregnancy Association |
Why Folic Acid Is So Important
Also available in: Spanish
The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before she is pregnant, it can help prevent major birth defects of her baby’s brain and spine.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |