195700 Recommendations from the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect – Where do we go from here

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Mary Kate Weber, MPH , NCBDDD, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Federally mandated in 2000, the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect was an advisory committee established to advise and foster coordination among agencies, academic bodies, clinicians, and community groups regarding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) research, surveillance, and prevention and intervention programs, and to address the needs of individuals living with FASDs and their families. This committee, coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, was a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of experts in the FASD and alcohol fields. In 2009, the Task Force will release two reports providing recommendations regarding effective evidence-based prevention strategies to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies and outlining strategies to improve services and enhance research on FASDs. Key finding from these reports will be discussed along with plans for dissemination and ways to begin to put these recommendations into action.

Learning Objectives:
1. Explain the role of the National Task Force in advancing a national agenda for FASDs. 2. Describe the key findings and recommendations of Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies: A Report of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect. 3. Describe the key findings and recommendations of A Call to Action—Advancing Essential Services and Research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Report of the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect. 4. Explain current and future strategies for dissemination and action regarding these Task Force recommendations.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the designated federal official for the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect and have worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Team for over seven years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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