'GPaskthequestion' Information on alcohol and pregnancy for General practitioners

What was this research about?

To increase levels of health professional understanding and awareness the project had the key objectives of:

• highlighting the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure
• the importance of asking, assessing and advising women about alcohol and pregnancy
• increasing general practitioners use of the AUDIT-C tool

The following resources were developed as part of this project:

• GPaskthequestion page on the FASD Hub which includes a range of information for GPs
• 3 Videos freely available from the GPaskthequestion page

          1. Alcohol in pregnancy is everyone’s business

          2. Asking questions about alcohol use in pregnancy

          3. Recording alcohol use in pregnancy

• Promotional card for distribution to GP practices and individual GPs

Project Investigators

• Dr Tracy Reibel
• Dr Roslyn Giglia
• Dr Rochelle Watkins
• Dr Martyn Symons
• Professor Carol Bower

Project Team

• Heather Jones
• Candice Browne

An Expert Panel of GPs, women who had had a baby in the previous two years and researchers provided advice to the Project Team.

This project was supported by funding from the WA Primary Health Alliance through the Australian Government's PHN Program and delivered by the FASD Research Australia Centre of Research Excellence at the Telethon Kids Insitute.