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Alcohol Awareness Month ---April 2002
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has designated April 2002 as the 16th
annual Alcohol Awareness Month. NCADD, in collaboration with CDC and other federal agencies and community
organizations, will highlight the health risks associated with problem drinking and the importance of identification and
intervention. The theme of this year's campaign is "Recovery: It's a Family Affair---and Everyone's Invited!"
April 11 is National Alcohol Screening Day; screening sites throughout the country will offer participants an
educational presentation, a written screening questionnaire, and an opportunity to meet with a health-care professional.
Online and telephone screening also will be available. Locations of screening sites are available at
http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/alcohol.htm, telephone, 800-405-9200. Press kits, fact sheets, and information
about "Alcohol-Free Weekend" (April 5--7) are available at http://www.ncadd.org.
This issue of MMWR presents findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System regarding alcohol
consumption among women of childbearing age in the United States, which indicate that frequent drinking and binge
drinking during pregnancy continue to pose a risk to the healthy pregnancy outcomes of many women. CDC is conducting
a comprehensive public health research program to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies and provide effective
interventions for persons with fetal alcohol syndrome and other disorders caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. Information
about CDC's programs and the health effects of prenatal alcohol exposure is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas.
Additional information is available at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
and at http://www.samhsa.gov.
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