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Minnesota Birth Defects Tracking Program Program
Title: Minnesota Birth Defects Information System
Organization: Minnesota Department of Health, Division of
Environmental Health
Project Period: March 2005–February 2010
Project Director: Daniel Symonik, PhD and Myron Falken, PhD
Grant Title: Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance
Programs and the Utilization of Surveillance Data by Public Health
Programs
Project Summary
The Minnesota Birth Defects Information System
(BDIS) uses the birth defects data it collects to improve services
for affected children and to evaluate prevention strategies. The
BDIS also works with many partners, including Minnesota Department
of Health programs; community groups, such as the Folic Acid Council
and the March of Dimes; the Minnesota Children with Special Needs
program (MCSHN); and local public health agencies.
Project Goals and ActivitiesSurveillance
- Implement and evaluate the birth defects information system
to generate timely population-based data, starting in selected
hospitals in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
- Analyze birth defects surveillance data generated by the
system to determine rates and trends.
- Report findings from the system in a timely way.
Prevention
- Involve appropriate partners within the
state to develop and implement a birth defects prevention
program.
- Develop a plan to evaluate birth defects
prevention programs
Referrals
- Maintain relationships with partners within
the state to plan and implement activities to improve access for
children with birth defects to comprehensive, community-based,
family-centered care.
- Develop a plan to evaluate how effectively
and quickly eligible children or families are referred to health
and intervention services.
Date:
January 03, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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