Alcohol and Pregnancy Toolkit

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A practical, hands-on toolkit to reduce alcohol harm in pregnancy

National FASD has compiled the first comprehensive toolkit for Midwives and their wider Maternity Teams based on best practice to help them discuss with pregnant women the risks of harm from prenatal alcohol exposure.

Bulk orders are available for local areas (ICBs, Healthboards, local authorities etc), please contact info@nationalfasd.org.uk for more information or to discuss your needs. National FASD is grateful to the National FASD Experts Committee and our specialist committee of midwives, including Laney Holland, Lianne Amos, Louise Burns, Tisian Lynskey-Wilkie, Jennifer Michaels, Joanne Poskitt, Debbie Reid and Jessica Rayson who reviewed these materials.

E-course

This CPD-accredited E-course is free to access for Maternity Teams and contains the most up to date guidance for practitioners. It includes case studies and interactive techniques to maintain engagement and aims to build confidence and knowledge around alcohol in pregnancy.

The Course contains the following
modules:

Alcohol and pregnancy
Why women drink when pregnant
What is FASD?
Effective conversations with pregnant women
Understanding and recording alcohol consumption
Supporting pregnant women with alcohol dependency
Supporting pregnant women with FASD.

“The new e-course is user friendly and engaging. It supports the implementation of these conversation with everyone we are caring for. It helps by giving examples of responses / questions to break down exactly how and why we need to be providing education and supporting the families in our care”

“The e-course is an excellent resource with easily digestible information that will improve midwifery knowledge and understanding of how important addressing alcohol in pregnancy is for Public Health.”

“The new Alcohol and Pregnancy e-course is really accessible with videos and complicated information provided in bite-sized chunks. It’s an easier way to learn about alcohol use in pregnancy and FASD rather than simply reading about it in a textbook. The course includes case studies which provide examples of how interactions might look and the outcomes that might be achieved. This helpfully shows Midwives to see how their interventions might look in their day to day work.”

Posters

These reversible posters have space for local contacts and are suitable for various settings and are aimed at different audiences including:

People planning a pregnancy
Women who are abstaining from alcohol in pregnancy
Women who are drinking alcohol in pregnancy
Younger pregnant women
People who want more information about the risks of prenatal alcohol exposure.

"Excellent. Professionally designed and easily caught people’s eyes. We particularly liked the ‘balloon tree'."

“I’m very excited to know there is a credible resource out there for my colleagues to support their skill base at booking. Exploring FASD as early surveillance and being able to confidently share good information with women is so important”

"Definitely filling a gap, providing clear and easy-to-read and digest information. We don’t have any literature on the topic from the Trust."

"Presentation of all the materials were superb – they tackled a difficult topic well and easily, without judgement."

"very informative and a very good variety"

Fast fact Z cards for practitioners

The Z cards are designed to give practitioners facts quickly and could be used to refresh prior to an appointment.
They explain:

The latest guidance on alcohol in pregnancy
Why to ask about prenatal alcohol exposure
Alcohol is a teratogen and the problems this can cause
Advice for when women are drinking in pregnancy.

"The new toolkit provides midwives and women with confidence to tackle alcohol exposed pregnancies."

"Midwives are supported with the toolkit in a quick and efficient way to provide evidence based care and appropriate interventions, women can feel more confident to make positive changes knowing maternity services have supportive steps in place with the toolkit"

"The materials were very good quality."

"Superb!"

What you need to know leaflets

This leaflet is designed to meet Statement 1 of NICE Quality Standard 204. It is for use with pregnant women or for the general public. It explains:

The latest guidance on alcohol in pregnancy
How alcohol can cause problems in pregnancy
The effect prenatal alcohol exposure can have on the baby
What to do if you’re pregnant and have been drinking alcohol
How to recognise FASD.

"The pregnancy toolkit is simple and effective, giving practical and in the moment support to our midwifery colleagues to support women, their families and babies"

Tabletop guide

This tabletop guide is designed to aid practitioners navigate conversations around alcohol and pregnancy.
It contains:

Conversation prompts
The latest guidance
A drinks chart
Answers to common questions that midwives may be asked by pregnant women.

"The issue of alcohol use in pregnancy is an important one and prevention is the key to preventing FASD. Midwives are one of the main professionals able to help to achieve this, but unfortunately not all midwives have easy access to training in this field. This new toolkit aims to be an accessible way for them to feel confident in how to talk about alcohol and FASD with women and their partners and be able to provide accurate individualised information in order to “spread the word” and allow Mother’s proper informed choice.”

Bunting and balloons

The bunting and balloons are for use in awareness raising and are suitable in settings for both pregnant women as well as for the general public. The bunting includes the alcohol and pregnancy logo and the #WhyRiskIt hashtag. The balloons display the alcohol and pregnancy logo.

Pull up banners

These banners are suitable for use in a wide range of settings for pregnant women as well as the general public.

They include:

The Chief Medical Officers’ guidance
What FASD is
Other risks from prenatal alcohol exposure
Where to get more information/support

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Alcohol and Pregnancy Toolkit

A practical, hands-on toolkit to reduce alcohol harm in pregnancy

E-course

Posters

Fast fact Z cards for practitioners

What you need to know leaflets

Tabletop guide

Bunting and balloons

Pull up banners

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alcohol and pregnancy info

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