Analyzing Effective Prevention Frameworks for Fetal Alcohol Disorder

This essay discusses the comprehensive prevention strategies for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as outlined by Nancy Poole, emphasizing that effective prevention requires more than just educating about the risks of alcohol use. The essay details four levels of prevention: broad public awareness and health promotion through campaigns and education; conducting discussions with women and their partners about alcohol use, social supports, and family planning; providing specialized services and supportive care, applying a harm reduction model; and offering postpartum supportive services to maintain changes made during pregnancy, including social support and counseling. The ultimate goal of these strategies is to promote the safety and wellness of patients with FASD.

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According to Nancy Poole, there are various levels of control that are required for
effective prevention of alcohol use in pregnant and child bearing women other than just
providing the risks of alcohol use such as liver and kidney diseases, developmental of disabilities
in children and potential birth defects(Poole, Schmidt, Green, & Hemsing, 2016). Therefore, four
levels comprehensive frameworks are required to prevent instances of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder prevention. These include public awareness wide health promotion, conducting
conversations about alcohol with childbearing women and their partners, providing specific
holistic support to pregnant women with alcohol problems and providing postpartum support for
mothers and assessing child development(Poole et al., 2016). All the four levels are
recommended to promote safety and wellness of patients with FASD.
The first level which involves health promotion and creating broad public awareness such
as using warning signs, prevention campaigns, and general public education using media such as
Televisions and Radios(Poole, 2011).The second Level includes conducting discussions about
alcohol use with women and their partners. For instance, the discussions may be about available
social supports, family planning methods, and various ways to cope with alcohol(Poole, 2011).
The third level includes the provision of specialized services and supportive care to childbearing
mothers who have alcohol and other social problems(Poole et al., 2016). This level applies a
harm reduction model of which it majorly involves the provision of recovery services to the
victims in order to minimize and reduce alcohol effects. Finally, the fourth level involves the use
of postpartum supportive services in order to maintain various changes made during pregnancy.
These include things such as social support, continuous counseling, and child support.

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References
Poole, N. (2011). Bringing a Women ’ s Health Perspective to FASD Prevention. In Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder–Management and Policy Perspectives of FASD.
Poole, N., Schmidt, R. A., Green, C., & Hemsing, N. (2016). Prevention of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder: Current Canadian efforts and analysis of gaps. Substance Abuse:
Research and Treatment. doi.org/10.4137/SART.S34545