|
Journal of
Women’s Health, Report from the CDC
This
new article reports on addressing maternal health during CDC's Ebola response
in the United States.
Creating
Strength in Numbers to End Violence Against Women & Girls
Read the new blog on violence against women and girls.
Joan
Lunden Shares Her Breast Cancer Story in CDC Videos
Nationally recognized news personality Joan Lunden is
a survivor of triple-negative breast cancer (a cancer that doesn’t respond to
hormone therapy). In two
new, short videos, she shares advice on choosing the right treatment and
keeping a positive attitude. “Focusing on the little joys each day helped me
maintain a positive attitude throughout my battle,” she says.
Disparities
in Hospital-Reported Breast Milk Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units — United
States, 2015
Data from CDC’s 2015 Maternity Practices in Infant
Nutrition and Care survey, which does not collect patient-level demographics,
were linked to the 2011–2015 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to examine use of breast milk in NICUs based on demographic makeup of
the hospital’s postal code area.
CDC Releases Updated Hurricane Key
Messages
CDC has released an updated version of key messages
about the 2017 hurricane season. This update includes additional and updated
messages about pregnant and postpartum women.
PRAMS Releases New Data
CDC has released 2015 Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) data. Researchers can request
the most recent year of data.
Abortion
Surveillance — United States, 2014
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to
document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced
abortions in the United States. For 2014, data were received from 49 reporting areas. For trend
analysis, abortion data were evaluated from 48 areas that reported data every year
during 2005–2014.
Characteristics
of Office-based Physician Visits, 2014
This report examines office-based physician visit rates by age and sex. It also
examines visit characteristics, including insurance status, reason for visit,
and services, by age. Estimates use data from the 2014 National Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey.
Challenges
and Opportunities in Identifying, Reviewing, and Preventing Maternal Deaths
In a new report in Obstetrics& Gynecology authors from the CDC Foundation and CDC describe the three major systems of maternal death surveillance in the United States, including differences in purpose and terminology.
Research
Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01) [RFA-CE-18-001]
Saving Lives: Preventing Preeclampsia With Low-Dose Aspirin, January 8, 2018; 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Charting
the Course Together: Breastfeeding and Public Health Equity | January 22, 2018
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET
|
