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Below are selected prevention and treatment guidelines, recommendations,
frameworks, approaches, and other documents related to alcohol use. Also see related links on this page.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Guidelines for Referral and Diagnosis
(8/30/04)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas/documents/FAS_guidelines_accessible.pdf
These guidelines update and refine diagnostic and referral criteria in light
of the scientific and clinical advances in the understanding of this
disorder during the past 30 years. The guidelines are organized into several
sections: background information; revised and refined diagnostic and
referral criteria for FAS; comparison of the guidelines with other
diagnostic methods currently in use; a discussion of the essential services
for affected individuals; identifying and intervening with women at risk for
an alcohol-exposed pregnancy; and future needs and efforts related to FAS
and other prenatal alcohol-related disorders.
National
Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect: Defining the
National Agenda for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Prenatal
Alcohol-Related Effects (2002)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5114a2.htm
PDF
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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5114.pdf
This report describes the structure, function, mission, and goals of the
Task Force and provides their first recommendations. An explanation of how
the Task Force recommendations were generated and the Task Force's next
steps are also reported. Prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to serious birth
defects and developmental disabilities. A need exists to develop effective
strategies for both children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or other
prenatal alcohol-related effects and for women at high risk for having an
alcohol-exposed pregnancy.
Related Links
Alcohol Use: Women's Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/alcohol.htm
Guide to Community Preventive
Services
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/communityguide.htm
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