Long-term outcomes of Manitoba's InSight mentoring program

Objective 2: Program Outcomes Taken from the InSight Database Outcomes important for the prevention of FASD include the following: •. Lower alcohol use and higher rates of abstinence during and at exit from the program, compared to the period before program entry: •. 21.3% of women achieved at least six months of abstinence during the program; •. 54.5% of women achieved at least six months of abst [...] We looked for statistical differences in the pattern of change over time for the entire period as a whole between the InSight participants and the comparison group. [...] The ultimate goal of InSight is to reduce the prevalence of drinking during pregnancy and the number of children born with FASD. [...] The specific objectives of this evaluation were to: 1. Describe the characteristics of InSight participants before and at program entry using both the InSight Database and the Population Health Research Data Repository (Repository). [...] Chapter 4 addresses Objectives 1 and 5 and contains information drawn from both the InSight database and the Repository to describe the characteristics of the InSight participants before and at program entry.