title: A health promotion perspective on the House of Commons' report "Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: a Preventable Tragedy".
abstract: The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is used as a conceptual framework to examine the recommendations concerning prevention in the House of Commons' Report "Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Preventable Tragedy." Fetal alcohol syndrome cannot be separated from the complex social, physical and economic environments affecting alcohol consumption. For substantial progress to be made in preventing this significant cause of mental handicap, it will be necessary to consider a wide range of preventive actions, beyond public education and mandatory warning labels on alcoholic beverages. A health promotion framework offers a comprehensive, intersectoral approach to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Loney
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nanson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy