Fetal Alcohol Syndrome : Prevention

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Avoiding alcohol during pregnancy prevents fetal alcohol syndrome. Counseling can help prevent recurrence in women who have already had a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. Sexually active women who drink heavily should use birth control and contr...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 15, 2007
Prevention of FAS is the key to effectively addressing the problem. Prevention efforts must include public education efforts aimed at the entire population, not just women of childbearing age; appropriate treatment for women with high-risk drinkin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Abstinence is the act of refraining from engaging in a positively reinforced, or pleasurable, behavior. It is typically a voluntary act, but it can also be imposed, and it typically occurs when an individual experiences a sense of decreased personal control over a behavior (e.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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Source:ADAM
Date:February 19, 2008
Contraception is the use of a method, device, or medication to prevent pregnancy by interfering with ovulation, fertilization, and/or implantation. Another term for contraception is birth control.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Contraception is the use of any of various methods to prevent pregnancy. Family planning, in contrast, involves the use of contraception or other measures to limit the number of children and plan the timing and spacing of births.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Contraception (birth control) prevents pregnancy by interfering with the normal process of ovulation, fertilization, and implantation. There are different kinds of birth control that act at different points in the process.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Contraception (birth control) is the prevention of conception (pregnancy). In the United States, 60% of boys and 50% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are sexually active, yet only half of these adolescents use contraception the first time they have intercourse.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Contraception (birth control) prevents pregnancy by interfering with the normal process of ovulation, fertilization, Various types of contraception. ( Photo Researchers, Inc.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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