Health professionals' perceptions about the adoption of existing guidelines for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Watkins, Rochelle E ^a   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^b,c   Mutch, Raewyn C ^a,d   Latimer, Jane ^e   Wilkins, Amanda ^a,d   Payne, Janet M ^a   Jones, Heather M ^a   Miers, Sue ^f   Peadon, Elizabeth ^b,c   McKenzie, Anne ^a   D'Antoine, Heather A ^g   Russell, Elizabeth ^h   Fitzpatrick, James ^b,e   O'Leary, Colleen M ^a,i   Halliday, Jane ^j   Hayes, Lorian ^k   Burns, Lucinda ^l   Carter, Maureen ^m   Bower, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders   (Australia)

^g MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h Russell Family Fetal Alcohol Disorders Association   (Australia)

ⁱ CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ELODEA CANADENSIS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TRAINING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862197456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-69     Document Type: Article

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