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Module7ExternalLinksandResources.docxModule 7 External Links and Resources
The links in this folder are provided for you to use as you complete your investigation of maternal-child health indicators:
Sources of general data regarding perinatal health and women’s health:
ACNM Understanding your Practice Environment : Midwifery Workforce DataLinks to an external site.
National Vital Statistics System: The site for federal data; most current data is usually 2-3 years old: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.html;
Review the Birth FastStats link with some state-specific data: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/default.html
To find county birth data use this site: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/lbd.html
Rural counties that do not have data in the Wonder tool often have some available in the CDC National Environmental Health Tracking Network: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/DataExplorer/#/
MMWR, the CDC weekly http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr
To find maternal and child health statistics from individual state health departments, you may use this link. This is the site for NY; for many states, if you substitute the state initials, this address will work https://www.health.ny.gov/
You may also use this CDC link to your state health department: https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/communications-resources/health-department-directories.htmlLinks to an external site.
This March of Dimes Peristats site is a must-use site for many MCH indicators. Please note the search options by state and often by county: http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/
Annie E Casey Foundation’s Kids Count is another source of state data: https://datacenter.kidscount.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Births: Final data for 2022. National Vital Statistics Reports, 73(2), 1-50. Click here to download report: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdfLinks to an external site. Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). National Vital Statistics. (Good site for searching for maternity data, including by county if population >100,000. Registration is required to access the system. Click here for link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/index.htm
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics's Annual Report: http://www.childstats.gov
Kaiser Family Foundation: This is a great source for health policy issues; one section of their website is organized by state: https://www.kff.org/statedata/Links to an external site.
National Women’s Law Center’s National Report Card on Women’s Health; search select indicators by state (includes maternal mortality rates): https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/state_health_agenda.pdf Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader
United States Department of Health Resources and Services Administration (2025), Office of Women's Health http://www.womenshealth.gov/Links to an external site.
Healthy People 2030: https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeopleLinks to an external site.
· Links to an external site.Look up each perinatal health indicator. Here is preterm birth as an example: https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/pregnancy-and-childbirth/reduce-preterm-births-mich-07Links to an external site.
Medicaid Information
National Immigration Law Center maps. These maps show how and whether states provide coverage to immigrant children, pregnant people, and undocumented residents: https://www.nilc.org/resources/healthcoveragemaps/Links to an external site.
Medicaid eligibility by state: https://www.healthinsurance.org/medicaid/Links to an external site.
Web-Based Resources and References for more in-depth study
Infant Mortality
PBS News Hour: Why are black mothers and infants far more likely to die in U.S. from pregnancy-related causes? April 2018
Why are black mothers and infants far more likely to die in U.S. from pregnancy-related causes?
Maternal Mortality
Amnesty International. (2010). Deadly delivery: The maternal health care crisis in the United States. Retrieved from: https://www.amnestyusa.org/themes/womens-rights/maternal-health/
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood. http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/
WHO’s reducing worldwide reducing maternal mortality initiative: http://www.who.int/pmnch/en/
The UN’s involvement with Safe Motherhood; read about the death of a woman in Ecuador: https://www.unfpa.org/news/providing-maternal-health-care-ecuadors-amazon-regionLinks to an external site.
Prenatal Care
Improving Prenatal Care in Vermont Toolkit; an example of a statewide initiative to increase prenatal care for women with Medicaid: https://www.med.uvm.edu/vchip/ipcv
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America's Health Rankings: Adequate Prenatal Care by StateLinks to an external site.-this is a great site! Tons of interesting data to review on many topics.
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Preterm Birth
March of Dimes. (2019). Your Premature Baby. Retrieved from https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/birth/premature-babies
March of Dimes. (2019). Prematurity Campaign. Retrieved from https://www.marchofdimes.org/prematurity-awareness-month
National Institutes of Health (2019). Preterm Labor and Birth: Condition Information. Retrieved from: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/preterm/conditioninfo/default
National Partnership for Women and Families, High-value healthcare: https://nationalpartnership.org/health-justice/maternal-health/Links to an external site.
Childbirth Connection: http://www.childbirthconnection.orgLinks to an external site.
Perinatal Quality Collaboratives: https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/pqc/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pqc.htmLinks to an external site.
National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives: https://www.nichq.org/project/national-network-perinatal-quality-collaborativesLinks to an external site.
