Evaluating FASD-Specific Public Health and Education Materials
This team has been engaged in identifying all materials prepared or distributed in Canada Northwest on the topic of primary prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This includes, but is not exclusive to, media, posters, videotapes, pamphlets, brochures, and "reminders" such as lapel pins, drink coasters or pens. It includes materials designed for the general public, as well as those that target specific demographics or professional groups.
To date, approximately 350 resources have been found and entered into
our resource inventory. This material is being cataloged for the
development of an FASD primary prevention materials library. This
online resource library will be made available to those researchers
interested in partnering with the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network and the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute to pursue research in the area of primary prevention of FASD.
The team also evaluated the effectiveness of these materials and then prepared an Evaluation Report (see below) to:
- to identify what has been effective;
- to identify research questions relating to the effectiveness of FASD resources in primary prevention;
- and to develop research proposals for funding FASD prevention research.
Publications
Cismaru, M., Deshpande, S., Thurmeier, R., Lavack, A., & Agrey, N.
(2010). “Preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: The role of
protection motivation theory,” Health Marketing Quarterly, 27, 66-85.
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute. (2009). Creating effective primary
prevention FASD resources: Evaluation processes in health promotion.
Prepared for Canada Northwest FASD Research Network, Saskatoon, SK.
For more information contact, Robin Thurmeier, FASD Resources Researcher, robin.thurmeier@uregina.ca, Sameer Deshpande, Co-Lead, sameer.deshpande@uleth.ca
and Magdalena Cismaru, Co-Lead,
magdalena.cismaru@uregina.ca
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