LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1
The Committee recommends:
| | (a) | that Health Canada be mandated to take the lead on a comprehensive FASD action plan within the larger alcohol strategy. | |
| | (b) | that Health Canada lead and coordinate both the national and federal perspectives of the FASD action plan. | |
| | (c) | that the FASD action plan be complementary to provincial and territorial initiatives. | |
| | (d) | that Health Canada include the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in its work on the FASD action plan. | |
Recommendation 2
The Committee recommends:
| | (a) | that Health Canada take the primary responsibility for developing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive action plan for FASD. | |
| | (b) | that the action plan identify specific goals and include concise timelines for implementation. | |
| | (c) | that the action plan include coordinated and culturally appropriate public and professional awareness campaigns. | |
| | (d) | that Health Canada submit the action plan to Parliament to be referred to the Health Committee by October 2006. | |
| | (e) | that Health Canada report annually on the status of all FASD activities (both federal and national) to Parliament starting in 2007. | |
Recommendation 3
The Committee recommends:
| | (a) | that Health Canada as part of the comprehensive action plan for FASD ensure that data is collected and made publicly available, whether in an existing database, or in another specifically designed for FASD. | |
| | (b) | that Health Canada ensure that the federal departments and agencies responsible for specific client groups immediately begin to collect and make publicly available data on the incidence and prevalence of FASD within their respective populations. | |
Recommendation 4
The Committee recommends:
| | (a) | that Health Canada work with its partners to establish clear and concrete measures of effectiveness for initiatives undertaken as part of the FASD action plan. | |
| | (b) | that Health Canada regularly evaluate the FASD action plan to assess whether it is achieving the expected outcomes within the existing funding structure. | |
| | (c) | that Health Canada include an analysis of funding currently allocated specifically to FASD to assess how the resources address any stated goals of the action plan. | |
| | (d) | that the analysis of funding be included in the annual report on the status of all FASD activities provided to Parliament. | |