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Division of Reproductive
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Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program: Participating State |
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Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program
Florida
Past Assignee: From January 2003 until July 2004, there was a state
assignee located in the
Florida Department of Health in Tallahassee, FL.
Projects/Impact:
- The First “Epi-Aid” for MCH Activities: A team
led by the CDC Assignee conducted the first "epi-aid" for MCH
activities in Florida in February 2003 because of a spike in infant
mortality in Brevard County. Medical record abstraction and review of
vital statistics data back to 1997 revealed that an increased number
of infants with birth weights less than 2,000 grams had died and that
congenital malformations were the most common cause of death among
infants. The Coalition is planning to develop public education
messages about the association between advanced maternal age and
malformations.
- Revision of Birth and Death Certificates: The
assignee also worked on updating birth certificates and death
certificates, for implementation in 2004 and 2005. Additions to the
birth certificates included items such as, use of assisted
reproductive technology and developing a more detailed training guide
for hospital personnel who complete the birth certificates in the
state. The revised certificate that includes data on assisted
reproductive technology that may permit more detailed analysis of why
prematurity and low birth weight continues to increase in Florida. The
overall data quality of birth/death certificate reporting should
improve with more detailed instructions and training provided to
hospital staffs.
- Newborn Metabolic Screening: Like many states,
Florida screens for metabolic diseases in the newborn population. The
newborn screening test is mandated at birth and reporting of results
is required. It was learned that the existing system of reporting
newborn screen consists of aggregate data only; individual level data
is not available in this system. A proposal of the linkage of birth
certificate data with newborn screening results is in process. Florida
may then be able to provide one-to-one linkage at the individual data
level to better identify infants with metabolic disease and track
those infant outcomes and improve performance of the program. Tracking
of individual hospital data will be possible and a real-time system
will be created that could prevent adverse consequences of metabolic
disease in newborns.
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Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program Page last reviewed: 2/8/08
Page last modified: 3/6/06
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
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PRAMS
A surveillance project of CDC and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific,
population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences prior to, during
and immediately following pregnancy.
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