tailieunhanh - The Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Action Plan 2013–2016

The three year term of the strategy is too short to measure significant changes in nutritional status and mortality as outcome indicators. Instead, the results matrix gives details of the output and outcome (impact) and activity (process) indicators and their source of verification against which effectiveness of the strategy will be measured. The progress made in the implementation of the strategy will be reviewed and updated on an annual basis. The inter-agency review process will be led by the Ministries of Health in collaboration with technical support from the Health Sector Committee and undertaken with all stakeholders including regional. | fa e Foundation for Alcohol Research Education The Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Action Plan 2013-2016 About the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education FARE is an independent charitable organisation working to prevent the harmful use of alcohol in Australia. Our mission is to help Australia change the way it drinks by helping communities to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harms building the case for alcohol policy reform and engaging Australians in conversations about our drinking culture. Over the last ten years FARE has invested more than 115 million helped 750 organisations and funded over 1 400 projects addressing the harms caused by alcohol misuse. FARE is guided by the World Health Organization s Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol1 for addressing alcohol-related harms through population-based strategies problem-directed policies and direct interventions. Contents Foreword 4 Plan overview 6 Overarching principles 10 The Australian FASD Action Plan Framework 1 1 Costing the plan 12 Governance structure 13 Priority Area 1 Increase community awareness of FASD and prevent prenatal exposure to alcohol 15 Priority Area 2 Improve diagnostic capacity for FASD in Australia 23 Priority Area 3 Enable people with FASD to achieve their full potential 31 Priority Area 4 Improve data collection to understand the extent of FASD in Australia 39 Priority Area 5 Close the gap on the higher prevalence of FASD among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 43 Beyond the first three years of the Australian FASD Action Plan 48 Appendices 49 Appendix A History of FASD in Australia 49 Appendix B Acronyms 51 Appendix C Detailed breakdown of funding for each Priority Area 52 References 60 PAGE 3 The Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Action Plan .