• Maternal and infant health resources available for ordering or download from CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health.

The list below includes select Maternal and Infant Health–related publications from recent years:

Chu SY, Kim SY, Bish CL. Prepregnancy obesity in the United States, 2004–2005. Matern Child Health J 2008; doi 10.1007/s 10995-008-0388-3.

Bruce CF, Berg, CJ, Hornbrook MC, Whitlock EP, Callaghan WM Bachman DJ, Gold R, Dietz PM. Maternal Morbidity Rates in a Managed Care Population. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111:1089–95.

Callaghan WM, MacKay AP, Berg CJ. Identification of Severe Maternal Morbidity during Delivery Hospitalizations, United States, 1991–2003. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;199:133.e1-133.e8.

Chu SY, Bachman DJ, Callaghan WM, Whitlock EP, Dietz PM, Berg CJ, O’Keefe-Rosetti M, Bruce C, Hornbrook MC. Increased health care utilization associated with obesity during pregnancy. New Engl J Med 2008;358:1444–1453.

Chu SY, Kim SY, Schmid CH, Dietz PM, Callaghan WM, Lau J, Curtis KM. Maternal obesity and risk of cesarean delivery: A meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2007;8:385–394.

Dietz PM, Williams SB, Callaghan WM, Bachman DJ, Whitlock EP, Hornbrook MC. Clinically identified maternal depression before, during, and after pregnancies ending in live births. Am J Psychiatry 2007;164:1515–1520.

Callaghan WM, Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ, Ventura SJ, Farr SL, Sutton PD, et al. Health concerns of women and infants in times of natural disasters: Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. Mat Child Health J 2007;11:307–311.

Chu SY, Kim SY, Lau J, Schmid CH, Dietz PM, Callaghan WM, Curtis KM. Maternal obesity and risk of stillbirth– a meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:223–228.

Chu SY, Callaghan WM, Kim SY, Schmid CH, Lau J, England LJ, Dietz PM. Maternal obesity and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis. Diabetes Care 2007;30:2070–2076.

Callaghan WM, MacDorman MF, Rasmussen SA, Qin C, Lackritz EM. The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality in the United States. Pediatrics 2006;118:1566–1573.

Callaghan WM, Schieve LA, Dietz PM. Gestational age estimates from singleton births conceived using assisted reproductive technology. Ped Perinat Epidemiol 2007;21(Suppl. 2):79–85.

Dietz PM, England L, Callaghan WM, Pearl M, Wier ML, Kharrazi M. A comparison of LMP-based and ultrasound-based estimates of gestational age using linked California live birth and prenatal screening records. Ped Perinat Epidemiol 2007;21(Suppl. 2):62–71.

Qin C, Dietz PM, England L, Martin JA, Callaghan WM. Effects of different data editing methods on trends in race-specific preterm delivery rates, United States, 1990–2002. Ped Perinat Epidemiol 2007;21(Suppl. 2):41–49.

Berg CJ, Harper MA, Atkinson SM, Bell EA, Brown HL, Hage ML, Mitra AG, Moise KJ, Callaghan WM. The preventability of pregnancy-related deaths: results of a state-wide review. Obstet Gynecol 2005;106:1228–1234.

Tomashek KM, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Davidorf MJ, Petrini JR. Differences in mortality between late-preterm and term singleton infants in the United States, 1995–2002. J Pediatr 2007;151:450–456.

Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Tomashek KM, Anderson RN, Wingo J. Recent national trends in sudden, unexpected infant deaths: More evidencesupporting a change in classification or reporting. Am J Epidemiol 2006;163:762–769.