Ms Christine Rogan, ONZM, of Wellsford, for services to alcohol harm reduction
Ms Christine Rogan is a Health Promotion Advisor at Alcohol Healthwatch. She has worked to ensure that the lifelong disability of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is recognised, supported and prevented. She connects service providers, researchers and families through the Fetal Alcohol Network of New Zealand, which she established. She facilitated the first FASD multi-disciplinary diagnostic team training in New Zealand and supported clinicians to travel to Canada to learn more about FASD diagnosis. She co-established FASD-CAN (Care Action Network). She organises annual activities for FASD awareness and has developed and delivered multiple training sessions for healthcare providers. She organised a 2014 symposium which contributed to the development of New Zealand’s first FASD action plan. Ms Rogan’s advocacy led to the mandating of best-practice pregnancy warning labels for alcohol products.