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Working Towards FASD Prevention Within Pregnant Populations Facing Multiple Barriers to Health

February 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am. - 12:00 pm.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify evidence-based resources to share with clients and patients to help decrease or prevent alcohol use during pregnancy.
  • Identify basic strategies to support FASD prevention within the pregnant population.
  • Identify tools to start conversations about preventing FASD with participants, clients and patients.

Organizer

Christie Inegbeboh
Phone:
306-651-4314
Email:
cinegbeboh@skprevention.ca
Website:
View Organizer Website

Presenter

Heather Cameron
About:

Heather is honored to work, play and live on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Secwepemc Nation. She is a Registered Nurse with a Perinatal Specialty Certificate who has been working with pregnant people in a variety of settings since 2005. Her experience includes program planning, public speaking, and spearheading community development events. As a Registered Nurse, Heather has worked in several fields including withdrawal management, labor & delivery, and maternity.

Two projects that Heather is most proud of include a peer-based recovery support group for birth parents affected by substance use, Mothers for Recovery, and the Healthy Care Pregnancy Program that supports perinatal people who use substances. Heather may be most well-known for her Perinatal Substance Use Training that she created and has been presenting since 2007 throughout BC, Canada and beyond.

Organizer

Christie Inegbeboh
Phone:
306-651-4314
Email:
cinegbeboh@skprevention.ca
Website:
View Organizer Website
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute