Advances in Pediatric Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2385-4529
ISSN: 2385-4529
Department of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, 3745 Community Park Loop, Anchorage Alaska, 99508, USA
Research Article
Washington and Alaska Statewide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Clinical Networks: Comparison of Three Decades of 4-Digit Code Diagnostic Outcomes and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Histories
Author(s): Susan J (Astley) Hemingway*, Michael Baldwin and Marilyn Pierce-Bulger
Background: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) screening, diagnosis, intervention, research and prevention hinges on establishment of interdisciplinary FASD diagnostic clinics using an evidence-based method of diagnosis. In 1993, Washington State opened the first interdisciplinary FASD diagnostic clinic sponsored by the CDC as a FASD primary prevention study. Clinic data was used to develop the evidence-based FASD 4-digit diagnostic code, paving the way for the clinic’s expansion into a Statewide network of FASD diagnostic clinics (Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network), now in its 30th year. Alaska adopted this Washington model in 1999. Both States have also participated in the CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System since the 1990s. Study objectives were to describe the .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2385-4529.23.10.070