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It’s never too late - In March 2008, the Prevention Working Group of FASD Stakeholders for Ontario released provincial awareness materials and strategies about alcohol and pregnancy. These materials and strategies are designed primarily for women who drank alcohol before they knew they were pregnant. They share important information about safe levels of alcohol use, and where women can get helpful information.

Life with a new baby our newest provincial awareness campaign on postpartum mood disorders, was launched in March 2007. Visit these pages to find out more about the campaign and our strategies.

FASD Ontario News is a newsletter about FASD for the province of Ontario, developed by FASD Stakeholders for Ontario. The newsletter helps people in Ontario work together to address FASD. The newsletter reports on the activities of FASD Stakeholders for Ontario, and shares other related news to individuals, caregivers and service providers in Ontario who are working in the area of FASD. The newsletter includes information about upcoming training events, new resources, community activities etc. FASD Ontario News is edited by the Best Start Resource Centre and development is supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Ontario Region.

Edition 4, April 2008 (PDF, 726KB)
Edition 3, October 2007 (PDF, 2 MB)
Edition 2, April 2007 (PDF, 694 KB)
Edition 1, September 2006 (PDF, 770KB)

Submissions to FASD Ontario News are welcome. Please review the Submission Guidelines prior to submitting articles, photos etc. These guidelines include information about the format for submissions, the submission process, deadlines for submissions, and the release dates of the newsletter. In addition, if submitting a photo, the Release Form must be signed by all individuals in the photo.

Alcohol Free Pregnancy was a provincial awareness campaign launched in May 2004. This campaign was Ontario's first province-wide campaign about alcohol and pregnancy. The campaign included media strategies plus outreach to health care providers and licensed establishments. In addition, www.alcoholfreepregancy.ca was launched to provide general information about the effects of alcohol on a pregnancy, offer resources and referrals for further information and help.

Health Before Pregnancy, our second provincial awareness campaign, was launched in March 2005. This campaign stressed that reproductive health begins long before a baby is conceived and reminded couples that the health of a baby depends on the health of both the mother and father prior to pregnancy. Media strategies were complemented by local activities. The website, www.healthbeforepregnancy.ca provides interactive information for couples considering parenthood including a downloadable workbook.