Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Welcome to the Health Portfolio's web site home for information on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed this site to provide basic information on FASD and to let you know what we're doing about FASD. This site also contains up-to-date news on FASD, as well as links to important resources.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) is now referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Spotlight on...

Economic Impact

• National Roundtable On the Development of a Canadian Model for Calculating the Economic Impact of FASD ( May 2007)

General Information

• Fact Sheets

Training

• Alcohol & Pregnancy Important Learning Opportunity
  For further information please click on www.MDcme.ca

Government Response

• Government Response to the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Health: Even One is Too Many: A Call for a Comprehensive Action Plan On Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Message from Tony Clement, Minister of Health - International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day 2006

Reports

• Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Awareness of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (2006) - Results of a National Survey (2006)
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian guidelines for diagnosis
• Mapping FASD Training Opportunities in Canada: An Environmental Scan (2006)
• Research Update: Alcohol Use and Pregnancy - An Important Canadian Public Health & Social Issue (2006)
• Summary Report: National Forum on the FASD Diagnostic Guidelines (2006)
• Summary Report: National Thematic Workshop on FASD (2006)
• What We Have Learned : Key Canadian FASD Awareness Campaigns (2006)