Parenting skills and family support programs for drug-abusing mothers |
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Authors: | Kumpfer Karol L Fowler Melissa A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. kkumfer@xmission.com |
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Abstract: | Children born to drug-using mothers can suffer from fetal alcohol or drug syndrome (FAS/FDS) or fetal alcohol or drug effect (FAE/FDE). Such children have a greater likelihood of developing acute or chronic physical, cognitive and behavioral problems. In-utero exposure to tobacco, alcohol or drugs impact on the developing fetus and, after birth, the family environment and family system exert effects on the infants and children of substance-abusing parents. Evidence-based prevention and maternal drug treatment programs focus on enhancing parental childcaring abilities, supporting parent-child attachment and encouraging family support systems to improve children's health and cognitive outcomes. FAS/FDS prevention programs, as well as selective and indicated prenatal and postnatal interventions, can improve the support given both to mother and to child, and evidence-based, in-home parenting and family-skills-training approaches are particularly useful. |
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Keywords: | Children of substance abusing mothers Family support Fetal alcohol syndrome Fetal exposure Parenting programs |
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