From Data to Action: CDC's Public Health Surveillance for Women, Infants, andChildren

摘要

This monograph explores topics of longstanding importance to the health of women,infants, and children. Maternal mortality and morbidity as well as fetal and infant dealth are of continuing concern, along with associated conditions such as infectious diseases, preterm births, and birth defects. In addition, newer issues, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, injuries, and developmental disabilities, indicate the increasing view of public health defined more broadly than in the earlier decades of this century. Recognition and measurement of the behaviors and conditions that contribute to unintended pregnancy and to adolescent and pregnancy health risks enhance public health professionals' ability to address these critical issues. The study of these indicators can provide fundamental clues to improving the health of women and children.