Report from nine maternal mortality review committees

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• Corporate Authors:
  Building U.S. Capacity to Review and Prevent Maternal Deaths. ; Association for Maternal and Child Health Programs. ; CDC Foundation. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Rollins School of Public Health. ; Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee. ; Delaware Maternal Mortality Review. ; Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee. ; Hawaii Maternal Mortality Review Committee. ; Illinois Maternal Mortality Review Committee. ; North Carolina Maternal Mortality Review Committee. ; Ohio Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review. ; South Carolina Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee. ; Utah Perinatal Mortality Review Program. ; Virginia Maternal Mortality Review Team.
• Description:
  Approximately 700 women across the United States (U.S.) die each year as a result of pregnancy or pregnancy-related complications. Non-Hispanic black women experience maternal deaths at a rate three to four times that of non-Hispanic white women, a racial disparity that is mirrored across many maternal and infant outcomes. While surveillance using vital statistics can tell us about trends and disparities, state and local maternal mortality review committees (MMRC) are best positioned to comprehensively assess maternal deaths and identify opportunities for prevention. The Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) and its precursor, the Maternal Mortality Review Data System (MMRDS), assist MMRCs in abstracting relevant data from a diversity of sources, documenting committee decisions for each reviewed maternal death, and analyzing data for action. Using data from nine MMRCs (hereafter, the Nine Committees), this updated and expanded report includes—for the first time—recommendations for prevention, discussion of severe maternal morbidity review, and novel work on a MMRIA socio-spatial dashboard to incorporate health equity into MMRC discussions.
  
  Suggested citation: Building U.S. Capacity to Review and Prevent Maternal Deaths. (2018). Report from nine maternal mortality review committees. Retrieved from http://reviewtoaction.org/Report_from_Nine_MMRCs.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Capacity Building Maternal Health Maternal Mortality
• Document Type:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  79 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e59b4f185d824edc02d50ad505ff8b8a6d661e5b27b2bde10c5ff9aa62962c2b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51660/cdc_51660_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]