Identifying children who are at risk of Fasd in Peterborough

Working in a community clinic without access to gold standard diagnosis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11942762
AutoresG A Gregory (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, autor de correspondencia), Geraldine Gregory (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust), Venkat Reddy (0000-0002-3512-0171, Peterborough Integrated Child Health Services, UK), Clare Young (Peterborough City Council)
Año2015
Volumen39
Número3
Páginas225-234
Fecha de publicación2015-09-28
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAdoption & Fostering (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0308575915594985
OpenAlexW2224431456
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas12

The number of UK children seen with complex behaviour difficulties where there is a history of exposure to alcohol and/or drugs prenatally appears to be increasing at an alarming rate. Community paediatricians work with vulnerable children and also act as medical advisers to adoption panels, so they have a unique overview of the unmet needs of looked after children affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). This article reports on two simple audits of children seen in a community paediatric clinic setting. The first audit counted the number of children seen during a period of two-and-a-half years between April 2010 and August 2013, where there was a clear prenatal history of alcohol exposure. This audit also specifically looked at how many of these children might have Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or FASD. Seventy-two children were given such a diagnosis within the time frame. The second audit reported on children looked after and children put forward for adoption during a 12-month period from January 2013 to December 2013. It reported a history of prenatal exposure in 55 out of 160 health assessments for looked after children (34%) and in 34 out of 45 medicals for adoption (75%)

Audit · Environmental health · Family history · Family medicine · Fetal alcohol syndrome · Medical history · Pregnancy · Birth, Development, and Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Pediatrics · Surgery

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