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December 2006, Vol 96, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 2098-2101
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.062729

COMMENTARY

Sobering Thoughts: Town Hall Meetings on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Doreen Major Ryan, MA, Doreen M. Bonnett, MSW and Callie B. Gass, BA

Doreen Major Ryan and Callie B. Gass are with the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Md. Doreen M. Bonnett was with the Center for Excellence when this article was written.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to the FASD Center for Excellence, 2101 Gaither Rd, Ste 600, Rockville, MD 20850 (e-mail: fasdcenter{at}samhsa.hhs.gov).

Prenatal exposure to alcohol is one of the leading causes of preventable birth defects and developmental disabilities. During the past 30 years, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), including fetal alcohol syndrome, have gradually begun to attract attention. However, awareness and understanding of the disorders remain low, and people who are affected are seriously underserved.

The FASD Center for Excellence held a series of town hall meetings in 2002 and 2003 to gauge the issues surrounding FASD nationwide. On the basis of its findings, the center proposed a series of recommendations to begin to remedy some of the deficiencies that were identified.






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