Wisconsin

Geographic area included in surveillance project: Eight-County Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Southeastern Region (Milwaukee, Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Ozaukee, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha counties).

Number of births each year in surveillance area: 27,962 live births in 1998 and 28,295 live births in 1999.

Children included in surveillance project: Children born in 1998 or later.

Case definition: The standard FASSNet case definition for FAS.

Information sources: Birth certificates, hospital records, clinical screening by research nurses, examinations by a dysmorphologist.

Information collected: The FASSNet standard set of variables.

Prevalence rates: Prevalence rates are not available at this time.

Education and training activities for health-care and other providers: Workshops for providers are conducted by Marquette University. FASSNet staff also conduct presentations describing the surveillance project at state conferences.

Other FAS-related programs in Wisconsin: Outreach conducted by the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Medical Genetics Department, including the Family Empowerment Network ([608] 262-6590 or [800] 462-5254).

FAS-related state legislation or statutes: No statute specific to FAS exists in Wisconsin. However, FAS is one of the conditions requiring a report under the state birth defects surveillance system.

Project website: www.wisc.edu/fasscreening/surveillance.htm

Project contacts:

Sandra Mahkorn, MD,MPH, MS
Principal Investigator
Phone: (608) 267-7283
E-mail: mahkosa@dhfs.state.wi.us

Randall L. Glysch, MS
Project Manager
Phone: (608) 267-0586
FAX: (608) 261-6380
E-mail: glyscr1@dhfs.state.wi.us

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