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Pregnancy > For Healthcare Professionals
For Healthcare Professionals and Researchers
Below you will find an alphabetical listing of pregnancy-related topics, research articles, data, guidelines, and resources that are intended for researchers and health care professionals.

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Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): Reports, publications, and resources.

Birth Data: Data on U.S. births, including teen birth rates and fertility rates.

Birth Defects

Monitoring: Birth defects monitoring and surveillance programs.

Publications: Searchable database of all publications by CDC authors within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities from 1990 to the present.

Research: Birth defects research projects, key findings, and studies.

Blood Disorders: Research, information, and resources on bleeding disorders, clotting disorders, and other blood disorders.

Breastfeeding: Recommendations, FAQs, research, policies, resources, data, and statistics.

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Child Development: Information, research, and resources.

Child Maltreatment: Occurrence, risks, and protective factors.

CMV: Testing, diagnosis, treatment, and research.

Contraception: Information, research, and resources.


Developmental Disabilities: Research, information, and resources on autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability (i.e., mental retardation), and vision impairment.

Publications: Searchable database of all publications by CDC authors within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities from 1990 to the present.

DES (Diethylstilbestrol): Information about DES exposure and its known health effects to facilitate identifying, managing, and counseling DES-exposed patients.

Diabetes: Research diagnostics, reports, surveillance, and FAQs.

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Fertility and Family: Information, statistics, and reports.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevention programs, tracking, monitoring, research, and resources.

Fire Deaths and Injuries: Occurrence, costs, and risk factors.

Folic Acid: Resources, recommendations, materials, and references.

Genetics and Genomics

Genetics: Genetic factors and birth defects, newborn screening, prenatal genetic testing/assisted reproductive technology and birth defects, long-term outcomes of pediatric genetic conditions, and family history.

Genomics: FAQs, CDC activities, genetic testing, research, and resources.

Genomics Data and Research: For students, researchers, health professionals, or others seeking data.

Group B Strep: Guidelines, resources, tools, and information.

Hypertension: Information, facts, statistics, and resources.

HIV and Pregnancy: Resources, fact sheets, recommendations, guidelines, and reports.

HIV: FAQs, fact sheets, brochures, articles, reports, guidelines, and resources.

Infections

CMV: Testing, diagnosis, treatment, and research.

Group B Strep: Guidelines, resources, tools, and information.

HIV: FAQs, fact sheets, brochures, articles, reports, guidelines, and resources.

LCMV: Research, publications, reports, facts, and FAQs.

Listeria: Technical information, including features, transmission, incidence, and resources.

Parvovirus B19: Overview and contact information.

STDs: Fact sheets, treatment guidelines, surveillance, statistics, and resources.

STDs and Pregnancy: Fact sheet.

Toxoplasmosis: Information and publications.

West Nile Virus: Articles, clinical guidance, and recommendations.

Infertility: Statistics.

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Jaundice and Kernicterus: Risk factors, guidelines, and resources.

LCMV: Research, publications, reports, facts, and FAQs.

Listeria: Technical information, including features, transmission, incidence, and resources.


Maternal and Infant Health

Information and Resources: Pregnancy-related illness, maternal morbidity, pregnancy-related death, and infant health.

Publications

Medication Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Publications.

Newborn Hearing Screening: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program information, research, and resources.

Newborn Screening: Program overview and resources.

Occupational Safety and Health: Research, surveillance, evaluations, and resources related to occupational safety and reproductive health.

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Parvovirus B19: Overview and contact information.

Preconception Health and Health Care: Guidelines.

Preconception Health and Health Care Resources: Questions, answers, and resources for professionals

Preconception Health and Health Care Recommendations to improve preconception health and health care.

Pregnancy Prevention Research and Resources: Links to information on contraception and sterilization.

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): Surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy.

Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) and Pregnancy Surveillance System (PNSS): Program-based surveillance systems that monitor the nutritional status of low-income infants, children, and women in federally funded maternal and child health programs.

Prenatal Care: Statistics for live births, according to race.

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Radiation Exposure: Fact sheet for physicians.

Radiation Exposure to Unborn Babies: Information and resources.

Reproductive Health

Articles, Initiatives, and Resources

Data and Statistics: Data and statistics on maternal health, pregnancy and smoking, infant health, assisted reproductive technology, unintended and teen pregnancy prevention, women’s reproductive health, hysterectomy, and abortion.

International Surveys and Comparative Reports

Publications and Products

Smoking During Pregnancy: Prenatal smoking cessation program and related resources.

STDs: Fact sheets, treatment guidelines, surveillance, statistics, and resources.

STDs and Pregnancy: Fact sheet.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): SIDS-related publications authored by CDC's Division of Reproductive Health.

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Teen Pregnancy: Information, research, and science-based approaches to preventing teen pregnancy.

Toxic Substances and Chemicals: ATSDR ToxFAQs—summaries about hazardous substances.

Toxoplasmosis: Information and publications.

Travel, Preconception Planning, and Pregnancy: Risks, recommendations, and information.


Unintended Pregnancy: Rates and research.


Violence: Background information on key activities related to violence and reproductive health.

Violence Prevention:  Information, fact sheets, and publications. 

Vaccinations: Schedules, safety, research, resources, education and training, and guidelines.

Vaccinations and Pregnancy: Guidelines specific to pregnant women.

Water-related Injuries: Facts and risk factors.

West Nile Virus: Articles, clinical guidance, and recommendations.

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Date: November 01, 2007
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

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