NURSE PRACTITIONERS, MIDWIVES, & NURSES

 Partnering to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 

In this episode, members of the NPs, Midwives, and Nurses: Partnering to Prevent FASDs team, Lily Bastian and Alexandra Edwards, along with Gina Schumaker a self-advocate who experiences FASD and is also the current Vice-President of the Board of Directors for the Alaska Center for FASD, and Dr. Mary Dawn Koenig, AWHONN Board Member and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing, share their insights into how nurses and nurse-midwives can learn more about neurodiversity, living with an FASD, and implementing evidence-based care practices that reduce stigma and educate about the risks of substance and alcohol use.

New video! - Screening for alcohol use: How to use the AUDIT 1-3 alcohol screening tool

Second in our series of short videos on topics related to FASDs, alcohol screening and brief intervention, and preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies, this video provides a brief introduction to screening for excessive alcohol use and the AUDIT 1-3, a standardized alcohol screening tool you can use in your practice to help identify people who may be drinking too much alcohol.

You can also find the video at this link: youtu.be/zwq3ITFuP7A. 

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This website is a collaboration of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH), the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (UAA CBHRS). 

Our partnership aims to increase knowledge and skills among advanced practice nurses and midwives about the health impact of excessive alcohol use, including any alcohol use during pregnancy, to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies and improve population health.  

NPs, Midwives and Nurses: Partnering to Prevent FASDs is part of the Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy and the FASD National Partner Network, a  group of national partners, medical societies, university centers, and a variety of practitioners from six health disciplines who work together to prevent FASDs and excessive drinking. 

The goal of the National Partner Network is to impact healthcare practice at the systems level and enhance FASD prevention opportunities nationally for women of reproductive  age and their support networks. 


This presentation is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $605,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government or University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research.