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Current Topics

The CCASN Current Topics is a forum for health professionals, organizations, students of various disciplines, and individuals with an interest in surveillance, research and prevention of congenital anomalies across Canada to share expertise and information.

Professionals may submit an article relating to:

genetics and epidemiology
provincial/territorial and national surveillance data
basic science research related to enhancing our understanding of etiology and risk associations
prenatal testing
resources for health professionals/public

The CCASN Advisory Group will serve as the Editorial Panel.

Submissions should be less than 800 words and submitted in electronic format using Word or WordPerfect to Barbara_Xiao@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in Current Topics are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Submissions to Current Topics have been reviewed and approved by the CCASN Advisory Group.

Summer 2006: Modifiable Risk Factors and Primary Prevention of Congenital Anomalies
Submission titles:	First Author and Affiliation
Alcohol Consumption by Women of Child-bearing Age: A Modifiable Risk Factor	Mary Johnston, Division of Child and Adolescence, Public Health Agency of Canada
Birth Defects and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder*	Albert E. Chudley University of Manitoba
Congenital Malformation in Infants Born to Young Mothers*	Jane A. Evans, Amanda Fortier University of Manitoba
* this information was provided by a source that is not subject to the OLA and is not available in both official languages.

Winter 2005: Oral Facial Clefts
Submission titles:	First Author and Affiliation
Oral Clefting in Canada : a temporal analysis for the period 1989-2000	J Andrés León, Jocelyn Rouleau Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
Overview of Epidemiology and Aetiology of Orofacial Clefts ^*	Julian Little University of Ottawa
Oro-facial Clefts in Alberta 1980-2004 Inclusive ^*	Barbara Sibbald, Brian Lowry Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
Birth Prevalence of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in British Columbia : between 1985 and 2004 ^*	Soo-Hong Uh B.C. Ministry of Health
Oral Facial Clefts – Prince Edward Island 1993-2002 ^*	L. Van Til, D. Boswall PEI Department of Health
Oral Clefts in Saskatchewan : Birth Prevalence Trends Over a Ten-year Period (1994-2003) ^*	Brandy Winquist Saskatchewan Health

Winter 2004: Abdominal Wall Defects
Submission titles:	First Author and Affiliation
Abdominal Wall Defects (AWD) – National Surveillance Data	Ruth Kohut, Calgary Health Regions Jocelyn Rouleau, Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
A Review of Reported Gastroschisis in B.C.: An Opportunity to Assess the Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System ^*	Soog-Hong Uh and Robert Fisk B.C Ministry of Health Services
Abdominal Wall Defects - Alberta 1980 - 2002 ^*	Barbara Sibbald, Brian Lowry Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System

Fall 2003: Down Syndrome
Submission titles:	First Author and Affiliation
Down syndrome: Background information	R. Kohut Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada
Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System Data on Down Syndrome	R. Kohut Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Health Canada
The Canadian Down Syndrome Society ^*	Carol Johnson Canadian Down Syndrome Society
A Quick Look at Down Syndrome in British Columbia ^*	Carlos Caraveo British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency
Down Syndrome in Saskatchewan ^*	M. Jackson Saskatchewan Health
Down Syndrome in Alberta ^*	B. Sibbald Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
Unchanged Prevalence of Trisomy 21 With Folic Acid Food Fortification in Canada ^*	Joel G Ray, MD, MSc, FRCPC Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

* this information was provided by a source that is not subject to the OLA and is not available in both official languages

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