Using Surveillance To Promote Public Health
Examples from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PUBLICATION YEAR 2002

Acknowledgments

This booklet is the product of the collaborative efforts of many people at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in each of the PRAMS participating states. Members of the PRAMS team and others in the Division of Reproductive Health at CDC provided helpful review and commentary for this booklet.

Members of the CDC PRAMS team include Toyia Austin, Wanda Barfield, Laurie Beck, Karen Colberg, Denise D’Angelo, Kirsten Davis, Phil Hastings, Kristen Helms, Chris Johnson, Amy Lansky, Leslie Lipscomb, Brian Morrow, Jean Page, Holly Shulman, Nedra Whitehead, and Letitia Williams. In addition, two PRAMS student interns provided substantial assistance during the development of this booklet: Jennifer O’Brien and Lisa Angus.

Sincere thanks go to the PRAMS staff in each of the featured states that provided examples of translation outcomes for this booklet. They worked diligently to explore the ways that PRAMS data had been used in their state. Also, members of the PRAMS Working Group in each participating state provided valuable input to the final content of the booklet. The PRAMS Working Group comprises the following state collaborators:

Alabama—Rhonda Stephens, MPH; Alaska—Kathy Perham-Hester, MS, MPH; Arkansas—Gina Redford, MAP; Colorado—Darci Cherry, MPH; Delaware—Tony Ruggiero; Florida—Steven Wiersma, MD, MPH; Georgia—Tonya Johnson; Hawaii—Althea Momi Kamau, RN, MPH; Illinois—Theresa Sandidge, MA; Louisiana—Joan Wightkin; Maine—Martha Henson; Maryland—Diana Cheng, MD; Michigan—Yasmina Bouraoui, MPH; Minnesota—Ron Campbell, MD; Mississippi—Linda Pendleton, LMSW;Montana—JoAnn Dotson; Nebraska—Debbi Barnes-Josiah, PhD; New Jersey—Lakota Kruse, MD; New Mexico—Ssu Weng, MD, MPH; New York State—Ann Radigan-Garcia; New York City—Fabienne Laraque, MD; North Carolina—Paul Buescher, PhD; North Dakota—Sandra Anseth, RN; Ohio—Adriana Pust; Oklahoma—Dick Lorenz, MS; Oregon—Ken Rosenberg, MD, MPH; Rhode Island—Sam Viner-Brown; South Carolina—Mary Kate Dillard; Texas—Kamila Bajwa-Mistry; Utah—Lois Bloebaum; Vermont—Peggy Brozicevic; Washington—Linda Lohdefinck; West Virginia—Melissa Baker, MA.

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Content source: Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion