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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a serious social and health problem for the child welfare, health and education systems in North America and other parts of the world. This article describes the population of children in care of the child welfare system in Manitoba. Also this article will highlight the relevance of these research findings to aboriginal populations in Canada and its implications for international aboriginal/indigenous groups. Finally, the implications for policy, practice are discussed and the article puts forward some directions for further research.
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Primary prevention costs are more preventive-focused. One example includes public awareness campaigns preventing prenatal alcohol use in high-risk populations, since FASD is known to be preventable.
Although there are rare exceptions to this rule, it is generally true that once a child becomes a permanent ward, he/she will have no more legal statuses.
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Fuchs, D., Burnside, L., Marchenski, S. et al. Children with FASD- Related Disabilities Receiving Services from Child Welfare Agencies in Manitoba. Int J Ment Health Addiction 8, 232–244 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-009-9258-5
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