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Collaborative Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention: Principles for Enacting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #33

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  • Lindsay Wolfson

    (Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 Canada
    Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network, Vancouver, BC V5R 0A4, Canada)

  • Nancy Poole

    (Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 Canada
    Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network, Vancouver, BC V5R 0A4, Canada)

  • Melody Morton Ninomiya

    (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, London, ON N6G 4X8, Canada)

  • Deborah Rutman

    (Nota Bene Consulting Group, Victoria, BC V8R 1P8, Canada
    School of Social Work, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada)

  • Sherry Letendre

    (Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Glenevis, AB T0E 0X0, Canada)

  • Toni Winterhoff

    (Stó:lō Service Agency, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4G5, Canada)

  • Catherine Finney

    (Stó:lō Service Agency, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4G5, Canada)

  • Elizabeth Carlson

    (Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada)

  • Michelle Prouty

    (Skidegate Health Centre, Skidegate, BC V0T 1S1, Canada)

  • Audrey McFarlane

    (Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P1, Canada)

  • Lia Ruttan

    (Independent Scholar, Edmonton, AB T6J 0V5, Canada)

  • Lisa Murphy

    (Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P1, Canada)

  • Carmen Stewart

    (Kermode Friendship Society, Terrace, BC V8G 2N7, Canada)

  • Lisa Lawley

    (Kermode Friendship Society, Terrace, BC V8G 2N7, Canada)

  • Tammy Rowan

    (Mount Carmel Clinic, Winnipeg, MB R2W 5L4, Canada)

Abstract

The association between fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), residential schools and subsequent assimilatory policies in Canada is of such significance that it was included in the groundbreaking Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Final Report through Call to Action #33, which focuses on collaboratively developing FASD prevention programs in Indigenous communities. A consensus statement with eight tenets for enacting Call to Action #33 was co-developed in May 2017 using a Two-Eyed Seeing approach during and after a meeting on Indigenous approaches to FASD prevention held in Canada. The consensus statement provides guidance for creating community-based, culture-led FASD prevention programs in Indigenous communities. The eight tenets reflect the diverse perspectives of Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants, are grounded in available research evidence, and align with Indigenous worldviews and wellness models. This paper uses the consensus statement and eight exemplary FASD prevention programs from Indigenous communities and organizations across Canada to highlight identity, culture, and relationships as central elements of FASD prevention in Indigenous communities. The consensus statement provides guidance for developing community- and culture-led FASD prevention programs and highlights the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems in developing and researching FASD prevention in, and with, Indigenous communities.

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  • Lindsay Wolfson & Nancy Poole & Melody Morton Ninomiya & Deborah Rutman & Sherry Letendre & Toni Winterhoff & Catherine Finney & Elizabeth Carlson & Michelle Prouty & Audrey McFarlane & Lia Ruttan & L, 2019. "Collaborative Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention: Principles for Enacting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #33," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:9:p:1589-:d:228743
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    1. Vivian Lyall & Sonya Egert & Natasha Reid & Karen Moritz & Deborah Askew, 2023. "“Our Mothers Have Handed That to Us. Her Mother Has Handed That to Her”: Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Yarning about Community Wellbeing, Healthy Pregnancies, and the Prevention of Fetal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-13, April.
    2. Vivian Lyall & Lindsay Wolfson & Natasha Reid & Nancy Poole & Karen M. Moritz & Sonya Egert & Annette J. Browne & Deborah A. Askew, 2021. "“The Problem Is that We Hear a Bit of Everything…”: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Factors Associated with Alcohol Use, Reduction, and Abstinence in Pregnancy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-24, March.
    3. Vivian Lyall & Jillian Guy & Sonya Egert & Leigh-Anne Pokino & Lynne Rogers & Deborah Askew, 2020. "“They Were Willing to Work with Me and Not Pressure Me”: A Qualitative Investigation into the Features of Value of a Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wo," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-14, December.
    4. Larry Burd & Svetlana Popova, 2019. "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Fixing Our Aim to Aim for the Fix," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-6, October.

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