Women

Resources on the Internet with information about the effects of alcohol on women - including information and advice about drinking during pregnancy.

• NSW Government
• Australia
• International

NSW Government

NSW Centre for Parenting & Research

Mums, Bubs and Drugs
Everything you need to know to plan for having a healthy baby.

NSW Health

Women and Alcohol
The effects of alcohol on women

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Australia

Alcohol, other drugs and pregnancy fact sheet
The DrugInfo Clearinghouse has just release a new fact sheet offering information on the effects of drug use for women who are planning a pregnancy or who are already pregnant.

Australian Drug Foundation (ADF): Alcohol: Effects During Pregnancy

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

• Australian Women and Alcohol Consumption 1996 - 2003
  This report presents results for women in three age cohorts (Younger, Mid-age and Older) from 1996 to 2003 and provides important data on alcohol consumption among Australian women. Feb. 2005
• Factsheet: Alcohol and women’s health (PDF)
• Factsheet: Alcohol and pregnancy (PDF)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

• Factsheet: Alcohol and Pregnancy 

Drug & Alcohol Office, WA - WA Government

Royal Women's Hospital: Women's Alcohol & Drug Service
Information about the effects of alcohol on women.

South Australian Government

1. A Framework for Policy & Standards
2. Quick Clinical Reference (PDF)
   This package outlines the key responsibilities and strategies for organisational leaders, educators and clinicians to assist them in being well informed and able to respond to the range of ATOD issues. It aims are provide relevant information to assist nurses and midwives in recognising and responding to ATOD problems in their day-to-day work through the provision of clinical guidelines for best practice in ATOD.
3. Diary: Women's Drinking Guide (PDF)

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research:
Alcohol & Pregnancy: Health Professionals Making a Difference
The booklet was developed to support health professionals to address the issue of alcohol use in pregnancy with women

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International

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC): Pregnancy
The effects of drinking alcohol while pregnant.

Alcohol Concern

• Alcohol and Teenage Pregnancy
  A briefing paper aimed at all those working with young people in schools and youth work settings. It contains personal, social and health information for people involved with alcohol education.
• Factsheet: Women and Alcohol

Alcohol Policies Project: Factsheet: Women & Alcohol

Institute of Alcohol Studies: Factsheet: Alcohol and Women

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

• Alcohol - An Important Women's Health Issue
  A summary of some of the more practical implications for alcohol and women. July 2004
• Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue (PDF) 
  A booklet on the unique effects of alcohol on women. August 2003
• Assessing the Impact of Maternal Drinking During and After Pregnancy
  An article about the impacts of drinking during pregnancy. 
• Drinking and Your Pregnancy
  A short series of questions and answers about drinking during pregnancy.
• Drinking Moderately and Pregnancy: Effects on Child Development (PDF)
  Research findings that indicate “moderate” drinking has much more impact on child development when the mother consumes several drinks in a single day than when she drinks the same quantity in doses of one to two drinks per day over several days.

National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome & Related Disorders : Alcohol and Pregnancy (PDF)
A brochure that provides information about making safe choices during pregnancy. (62Kb pdf file)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation : Substance Abuse During Pregnancy: Time for Policy to Catch up with Research
PowerPoint Presentation. 2003

Scottish Executive: Problem substance use in pregnancy and reproductive health
This is part of a series of guides on developing and implementing Integrated Care Pathways (ICPs). This document is not an ICP. It is a ‘guide’ which can assist agencies to develop local ICPs for specific processes and procedures involved in the management of problem substance use during different phases of the reproductive health cycle. These should be consistent, evidence-based and appropriate to the needs of the individual and their family.It covers the risks of physical, psychological and social harm associated with drug and alcohol use during pregnancy. 2005

Scottish National Health Service: Substance Misuse in Pregnancy (PDF)
A resource pack for professionals that aims to establish a ‘framework for care ’ so that all women who use drugs can be offered appropriate support before, during and after the birth of their child.

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