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Introducing MACDP
Learn about MACDP's history, purpose, and contributions
Methods
Find out how MACDP collects information and assures data
Case
Definition
Find out how MACDP defines a "case"
Stillbirths
Learn about why stillbirth surveillance is important |
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Research Projects & Publication
Learn about ongoing research about risk factors
Resources
Reports, code lists, and meeting proceedings
6th Annual Meeting
Information about MACDP Annual meeting |
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forty-year history...
 MACDP is a population-based surveillance system for birth defects that was
established in 1967 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Emory University, and the Georgia Mental Health Institute and is the nation's
first population-based surveillance system to actively ascertain birth defects
Since that time, the program has conducted ongoing surveillance for birth
defects among infants, fetuses, and children born to residents of the five
central counties of metropolitan Atlanta through the use of active case-finding
methods and multisource ascertainment.
A multi-faceted purpose...
- Detects and captures new cases
of birth defects
- Establishes standards and
serves as a surveillance model
- Produces useful data to support
- New Research
- New and better strategies
for intervention and prevention
- Health policy
decision-making
- Provides source of training for
research professionals including CDC
Epidemic Intelligence
Service Officers
Contributor to a research network...
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