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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention & Awareness
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) Prevention and Awareness Program within DHSS has resources for health care provider through its assessment and counseling forms, as well as ATOD educational brochures. Tools to document assessment of drug-exposed pregnancies, as well as to document counseling regarding the dangers of prenatal alcohol, tobacco, and drug use are available in downloadable form. These tools and brochures that address substance use in pregnancy are also available at no charge through the DHSS warehouse. DHSS received Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) prevention funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Missouri Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Rural Awareness and Prevention Project (MOFASRAPP) from 2003-2008. Funding was extended to support the Central Missouri FAS Center services through September 29, 2009. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention and Awareness Program participates in the Missouri Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Action and Care Team (MOFASACT). This committee that began in July 2001 concentrates its focus on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The name was selected to reflect Missouri Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Action (prevention and intervention activities) and Care Team (informational sharing among committee members). The mission of MOFASACT is to raise public and professional awareness of FAS, one of the leading preventable causes of mental retardation, through prevention, education and advocacy. Meetings are held quarterly in Columbia, MO and public participation is welcome in developing efforts to prevent FAS throughout Missouri. For further information, contact Leigh Tenkku, PhD. at Tenkku@slu.edu |
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The Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services (DHSS) protects and promotes quality of life and the
health of all Missourians throughout the life span. To reduce the risk of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug-exposed pregnancies, DHSS provides education
for health care professionals to promote early identification, intervention
and referral of at-risk women and children. Service coordination is also
available to individuals up to age 20 who were prenatally exposed to alcohol
and/or controlled substances and substantiated by the Department of Social
Services to be at risk for child abuse/neglect. DHSS also maintains