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Choices: A Program for Women About Choosing Healthy Behaviors to Avoid Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies: Client Workbook

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  • Alternative Title:
    Client workbook
  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
  • Description:
    CHOICES is a program for women about choosing healthy behaviors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed it to help prevent alcohol- exposed pregnancies (which we will refer to as AEP). An AEP can result in a broad range of birth defects and disabilities, including babies born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), or other adverse outcomes. ; CHOICES is designed to help women like you - nonpregnant women of childbearing age - reduce the risk of an AEP. To reduce your risk of an AEP, CHOICES will provide you with information on how to make the choice that is ; best for you: reduce your drinking and/or increase your use of birth control. ; How does CHOICES work? ; CHOICES is a four-session program, plus a birth control visit, that: ; • Assesses potentially risky drinking behavior (more than seven standard drinks per week, or more than three drinks on any one occasion) and ineffective contraceptive use ; • Provides you with new information to assess your current level of risk for an AEP ; • Is tailored to meet your level of readiness to change alcohol use and contraceptive behaviors ; • Focuses on lowering the risk of an AEP ; What are the positive outcomes of CHOICES? ; • Reduced risk of AEP: Using effective contraception or drinking below risky levels ; • Effective contraception: Using an accepted method of contraception as directed ; • Below risky drinking levels: Drinking seven or fewer drinks per week and three or fewer drinks on any one occasion ; 219815-D ; One manual included in the CDC-INFO Pub ID 221265 CHOICES Curriculum - CD Package "CHOICES: A Program for Women About Choosing Healthy Behaviors" is an intervention for nonpregnant women of childbearing age and is designed to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies by addressing risky drinking and ineffective or no use of contraception. The CHOICES Curriculum includes CD-ROMs for each of the following: Facilitator guide, counselor manual, client workbook, and a training DVD with videos demonstrating components of the intervention. The training DVD now includes both English and Spanish sub-titles.
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    221265
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    Text
  • Genre:
    Book
  • Pages in Document:
    49 numbered pages
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31412/cdc_31412_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.41 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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