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Women’s Health Nurses & Midwives Collaborate for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy (WHNMCAP)

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Since 2018, CBHRS has partnered with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) to provide education, training, and resources to advanced practice nurses, midwives, and nurses about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) and the prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnancies through the WHNMCAP project. WHNMCAP is part of the FASD National Partner Network and the Collaborative for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy.

  • 21 Jul 2026
  • Ongoing

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Practice and Implementation Centers

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Despite more than thirty years of research linking alcohol-exposed pregnancies (AEP) and birth defects, alcohol use by pregnant women continues as a major public health problem and cause of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). While alcohol misuse, AEPs and FASDs are national issues, providing prevention services is a local endeavor that can be especially challenging in rural communities with high-risk populations. The project purpose was to establish the Northwest Arctic FASD Practice and Implementation (NAPIC). NAPIC’s overarching goal was to prepare nurses, psychologists and other healthcare professionals working in the Pacific Northwest/Arctic states (i.e., “Northwest Arctic”) of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington to provide early identification, diagnosis, and treatment of FASDs and to use evidence-based primary prevention strategies and interventions within practice settings to prevent AEPs and FASDs.

  • 03 Oct 2024
  • Complete

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Strategies to Reduce the Harm of Prescription Drugs (Part 3)

Event Date: May 30, 2017

This webinar (1h 22m) is Part 3 in a three-part series on strategies to prevent nonfatal and fatal overdose from prescription drugs (i.e. reduce harm). Three strategies in the context of harm reduction (overdoses from Rx opioids, and illicit (heroin) opioids) are covered: prescriber education, overdose education, and naloxone education and distribution.

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  • 30 May 2017

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Collaborating to Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse and Overdose: A State-Level Perspective

Webinar Date: May 2, 2017

This archived webinar explores the value of collaborating with diverse partners as a strategy for expanding the reach, and deepening the impact, of activities to prevent prescription drug misuse and overdose. It also explores what “next level” collaboration looks like for states and tribes, and features prevention practitioners who have successfully leveraged collaborations to strengthen their prevention outcomes.

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  • 02 May 2017

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Strategies to Reduce the Supply of Prescription Drugs (Part 2)

Event Date: April 27, 2017

This webinar (1h 29m) is Part 2 in a three-part webinar series with descriptions of strategies to reduce the availability (i.e. supply) of prescription drugs for non-medical use. Discussion topics include the following strategies: prescriber education, tracking & monitoring, detail access restriction, enforcement strategies, and proper medication storage and disposal.

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  • 27 Apr 2017
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