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This page provides access to the full guidelines and the underlying evidence base. A plain English summary and resources to help you apply the guidelines in daily life are available on alcohol health advice. The guidelines provide health professionals, policy makers and the Australian community with evidence-based advice on the health effects of drinking alcohol. The guidelines aim to help individuals make informed decisions about drinking alcohol. The guidelines are also intended to form the evidence base for policy making and educational materials.
Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairments (with/without physical impairments) that results from prenatal alcohol exposure.
Children’s health is an important focus for NHMRC. Our work in this area includes developing evidence-based guidelines and advice that support children’s health and development.
Drinking alcohol in pregnancy can harm the unborn child and may cause a range of neurodevelopmental disorders including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).1
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is caused by prenatal alcohol exposure and is characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment, that may include intellectual disability, behavioural and other developmental problems.1,2 FASD causes a significant burden to individuals, the health care, education, and justice systems and society.1,2
NHMRC works to improve and promote the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the support of health and medical research. We develop and endorse national guidelines, highlight research outcomes through articles, case studies and reports. We also produce a Reconciliation Action Plan, to guide our commitment to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by NHMRC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.
Our rescinded guidelines are stored for historical purposes on the Australian Government Web Archive (AGWA). Below are the links to many of these. This list may not be fully comprehensive but is current at December 2017.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health evidence-practice policy gap reports. An evidence-practice/policy gap is the difference between what is known from the best available research evidence and what is practised in reality (through delivery of medical care or drafting of policies or guidelines).
Information about the functions and composition of previous NHMRC Committees and Advisory Groups.