Your Room

This booklet for Aboriginal women provides information about the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy and strategies to support women in not drinking. 

The booklet also promotes the availability of professional services to support women in not drinking alcohol during pregnancy and the role family and friends play in supporting a pregnant woman.

The booklet can be filled out in conjunction with a health professional to discuss:

• health risks to you and your baby
• no amount of alcohol is safe when pregnant
• if alcohol is a worry
• reasons to change
• tips for change.

This publication was adapted from a resource by the Northern Territory Department of Health, in conjunction with the Menzies School of Health Research.

This guide provides information about alcohol and pregnancy to health professionals working with Aboriginal women.

The guide was developed to support health care practitioners, educators, drug and alcohol workers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners to assess and provide interventions for alcohol use with clients.

The companion resource, Yarning about alcohol and pregnancy, is a booklet that can be filled out in conjunction with a client to discuss:

• health risks to you and your baby
• no amount of alcohol is safe when pregnant
• if alcohol is a worry
• reasons to change
• tips for change.

This publication was adapted from a resource by the Northern Territory Department of Health, in conjunction with the Menzies School of Health Research.

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This postcard promoting the Your Room website, the place for drug and alcohol information, is designed to appeal to Aboriginal communities. The Aboriginal info section on the website has information on effects of drugs and alcohol, pregnancy, support and treatment and workforce support. 

Not Our Way is a NSW Police Force campaign that focuses on the harms associated with the use of ice and misuse of pharmaceuticals and the impact this has on family and community. It also aims to provide advice for parents, families and friends of Aboriginal people with a pharmaceutical or ice dependency.

There are other resources available from this campaign which include:

• posters 
• postcards 
• storybooks