The Cherbourg Project: Building capacity for FASD screening and diagnosis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1072542

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The House of Representatives 2012 Inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) noted the particular need for research, training and capacity-building relating to FASD in ATSI communities.This project, in collaboration with Cherbourge community in Queensland and the WHO, addresses several Inquiry recommendations by providing: training to increase local capacity to screen/diagnose FASD; community education; diagnostic service for FASD; FASD prevalence data; and data to inform service provision and prevention programs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Targeted Calls

Funding Amount: $717,501.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal child | Aboriginal health | Aboriginal mental health | child development | epidemiology | fetal alcohol syndrome | intellectual disability

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