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"Take 3" Actions to Fight the Flu
Flu activity is increasing. Learn what actions you can take to protect yourself and others from the flu.
Stalking:
Know it. Name it. Stop it.
January is National Stalking Awareness
Month. Teaching adolescents healthy relationship skills is one strategy CDC promotes
to help you prevent stalking in your community.
Disparities
in Preconception Health Indicators — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, 2013–2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013–2014
Preconception health indicators provide a snapshot of the health status
among U.S. women aged 18–44, which can be used as a baseline against which to
evaluate state efforts to improve health in these women.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder Medication Prescription Claims Among Privately Insured Women Aged
15–44 Years — United States, 2003–2015
CDC used the Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Database* for the period 2003–2015 to estimate the percentage of women aged 15–44 years with private employer-sponsored insurance who filled prescriptions for ADHD medications each year.
Prevalence
of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education — United States,
2011–2014
Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey, CDC analyzed obesity prevalence among adults (aged ≥20 years)
by three levels of household income, based on percentage (≤130%, >130% to
≤350%, and >350%) of the federal poverty level and individual
education level.
Prevalence
and Trends in Prepregnancy Normal Weight — 48 States, New York City, and
District of Columbia, 2011–2015
Because recent trends in prepregnancy normal weight have not
been reported, CDC examined 2011–2015 National Vital Statistics System natality data, which included prepregnancy BMI.
Prevent Birth Defects
Learn how you can prevent infections before and during pregnancy to help protect you and your developing baby from birth defects.
Update:
Providing Quality Family Planning (QFP) Services — Recommendations from CDC and
the U.S. Office of Population Affairs, 2017
CDC and the Office of Population Affairs developed QFP recommendations
by conducting an extensive review of published evidence, seeking expert
opinion, and synthesizing existing clinical recommendations from CDC, agencies
such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and professional
medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
2017 CDC
Contributions to Women’s Health
Read about CDC contributions to women's health from 2017.
Exercise to Ease Arthritis Pain
Health care providers can talk to arthritis patients about physical activity and exercise as an option to ease arthritis pain. Physical activity and exercise ease arthritis pain and improve the quality of life of adults living with arthritis. More than 54 million US adults have arthritis.
CDC
Research on Social Determinants of Health
The CDC Research on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) web page is now live. This
page features research by CDC authors on a range of
SDOH topics expands the scientific evidence that will help build the pathway to
health equity.
CDC Busts Myths About Cervical Cancer
For Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, CDC’s
Dr. Virginia Senkomago sheds light on myths about cervical cancer screening in
this blog
post.
Maternal
Characteristics of Prenatal WIC Receipt in the United States, 2016
In this report, all states and the District of
Columbia reported information on maternal receipt of WIC food during pregnancy
on the birth certificate for the first time in 2016 based on the question, “Did
you receive WIC food for yourself because you were pregnant with this child?”
This report describes prenatal WIC receipt in the United States in 2016 by
state and by maternal age, race and Hispanic origin, and education.
State
Variations in Infant Mortality by Race and Hispanic Origin of Mother, 2013–2015
This report uses linked birth and infant death data
from 2013 through 2015 to describe infant mortality rates in the United States
by state, and for race and Hispanic-origin groups by state.
Urban and
Rural Variation in Fertility-related Behavior Among U.S. Women, 2011–2015
Using National Survey of Family Growth data
from 2011 through 2015 for women aged 18–44, this report describes urban-rural
differences in first sexual intercourse, marital and cohabitation status,
number of births, and contraceptive use based on residence at the time of
interview.
Vital
Signs: Trends and Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep Practices — United States,
2009–2015
CDC analyzed 2009–2015 Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System data to describe infant sleep practices.
Among all mothers responding, 21.6% reported placing their infant to sleep in a
nonsupine position, 61.4% shared their bed with their infant, and 38.5%
reported using soft bedding.
Status of
HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years —
Seven African Countries, 2015–2017
In this report. progress was assessed toward the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 2020 targets for adolescent girls and
young women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Antibiotics
Dispensed to Privately Insured Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Infections —
United States, 2014
To assess the effects of these recommendations, CDC analyzed the
Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Database to examine antibiotic prescriptions
filled by pregnant women with UTIs.
2018 National Immunization Conference, May 15-17, 2018
Healthy
Aging Summit, July 16-17, 2018
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