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Personal Author:
Morrow, Brian ; Williams, Letitia ; D'Angelo, Denise
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Corporate Authors:
Suellentrop, Katherine ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Division of Reproductive Health.
Suellentrop, Katherine ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Division of Reproductive Health. Less -
Description:
"Certain modifiable maternal behaviors and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy are associated with adverse health outcomes for the mother and her infant (e.g., physical abuse, insufficient folic acid consumption, smoking during pregnancy, and improper infant sleep position). Information about these behaviors and experiences is needed to monitor trends in maternal and infant health, enhance understanding of the relation between maternal behaviors and infant health outcomes, plan and evaluate maternal and infant health programs, direct policy decisions, and monitor progress toward achieving the national Healthy People 2010 [HP 2010] objectives (US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy people 2010. 2nd ed. With understanding and improving health and objectives for improving health [2 vols.]. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2000). The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing, state- and population-based surveillance system designed to monitor selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur before, during, and after pregnancy among women who deliver live-born infants. PRAMS employs a mixed mode data-collection methodology; up to three self-administered surveys are mailed to a sample of mothers; nonresponders are followed up with telephone interviews. Self-reported survey data are linked to selected birth certificate data and weighted for sample design, nonresponse, and noncoverage to create annual PRAMS analysis data sets that can be used to produce statewide estimates of perinatal health behaviors and experiences among women delivering live infants. This report summarizes data for 2000--2003 from 19 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia) that measured progress toward achieving HP 2010 objectives for eight perinatal indicators: 1) pregnancy intention, 2) multivitamin use, 3) physical abuse, 4) cigarette smoking during pregnancy, 5) cigarette smoking cessation, 6) drinking alcohol during pregnancy, 7) breastfeeding initiation, and 8) infant sleep position." - p. 1
Content Notes:
Katherine Suellentrop, Brian Morrow, Letitia Williams, Denise D'Angelo.

"October 6, 2006"

Also available via the World Wide Web.

References: p. 10-11.


Subject:
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Health Behavior
Healthy People Programs
Maternal Health Services
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Prenatal Care
Risk Assessment

Series:
MMWR. Surveillance summaries : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries ; v. 55, no. SS-9
Pubmed ID:
17021594
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Name as Subject:
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (U.S.) ; Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (U.S.)
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (U.S.) ; Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (U.S.) Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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